Giving AF (Part 3): Environments for Exploration

Jereme Sanders   Part 1: Trust & Honesty Part 2: Awareness Before Advice   Through building this circle of awareness we can more effectively share discoveries rather than simple techniques. For example, often times in my own life it has been discovering the epiphany of a new technique, a breakthrough in strength/mobility or the overcoming […]

Giving AF (Part 2): Awareness Before Advice

Jereme Sanders   Part 1: Trust and Honesty   “To give a person an opinion one must first judge well whether that person is of the disposition to receive it or not” – Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Hagakure   The next step, which should be happening concurrently with the first, is that of  our awareness of the […]

Giving AF (Part 1): Trust & Honesty

Jereme Sanders   [AF in this instance means ‘Actionable Feedback’, but secondary title to this series is “Student Centered Teaching Practices”]   As a teacher we want to make sure we find the right answers for the problems that arise in our students. The answer may not always be the ones we are used to, […]