Season 6 | Listen & Learn

Build Relationships

“But for the cohort that you have. find out what fascinates them, what will really get them going, because once they want to learn, once they are engaged and excited in whatever you are giving them, then to be honest you can’t stop them and they will be asking you for the skills they need to learn, for the particular knowledge that they need to gain in order to apply it to whatever situation you’ve given them.”

– Juliet Desailly

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In this sixth episode of the Listen & Learn Summer Series, Cyndi and Matt discuss “Build Relationships” – one of ten actions they’ve identified for classroom creativity during their 60+ podcast interviews with creativity researchers, practitioners, and talented educators.

During the conversation, Cyndi and Matt revisit advice shared by UK elementary teacher Juliet Desailly, who reminds us that every new cohort of students is always a little different than the last, and South American educator Lola Schnapp, who emphasizes the importance of relationships with like-minded colleagues.

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