Good morning Tuesday ka.
With the kindness of Ajarn Mor+ Vicharn Panich, I read his two books on, ''บันเทิงชีวิตครู'' and ''เลี้ยงลูกยิ่งใหญ่'' and have already sent my thoughts to him ka.
Let me now share what I learned and thought about the two books na ka.
The first book promoted the Professional Learning Community (PLC), which enhances cooperation among teachers from different subjects to work together, aiming at the development of their students while allowing both teacher and students to learn together.
As I'm writing, I think of the term, ''facilitator'' more. We've heard about it for some good years now and it isn't so easy for our teachers to become ones and part of it is due to our own cultural traditions. This book mentions a bit about culture and I couldn't be happier! Many root causes are from our own traditions that may need to be adjusted in some situations. Our seniors mean well but traditionally, the society expects a lot from them so our ways of interacting with our younger ones tend to be more of the top-down approach like boss and staff somehow for boss to think and order, and staff to obey and take actions. Good thing is that more and more teachers seem to welcome more active interactions....though more of those are still needed in many classrooms.
The second book is a useful one for teachers and parents to understand how to handle different types of kids and how to train themselves too. Ajarn Vicharn offers lots of links which are so useful for further reading and discussions. I can't help but think of one column I just read. Ajarn Witayakorn Chiangkun urges that we all read more (from classics one, literary works, to novels, etc.), create more space and use libraries smartly for reading, whether for pleasure or learning.
We do read much less so ACOP-- Across communities of practice:)) perhaps increases its importance mai ka? We can share a summary with questions to ignite thoughts and lively exchanges of ideas.
One lesson I learned is about the "growth mindset'' to nurture the persistence in our younger kids to enhance successes...what is very much needed in our speed-craze world ka. The more we stress ''results'', the more we tend to leave out the appreciation of ''efforts made along the process''. Definitely, balance of process and result has to be made. Yet, the sense of appreciation needs to be there too, which could also promote engagement.
Any books you read that you want to share mai ka?
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