Challenge 2: The Mind Set
People tend to see work and learning as separate forums where our
workplace (e.g. the school) is for working and our learning and development
take place elsewhere. Learning at work would therefore require a shift in this
traditional, dichotomous thinking. Furthermore, entrapped by the corporate
managerialist paradigm, it seems that many teachers and school
administrators are obsessed with outcomes and products. Often, I have
observed a disturbing impatience concerning team work and the learning
opportunities which collaborative processes can provide. If an authentic
learning culture is to prevail, we have to relearn how to learn together.