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Jim Knight on Radical Learning

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Jim Knight, president of the Instructional Coaching Group, has spent more than a decade studying instructional coaching. He’s changed the way teachers teach, and significantly improved the way students learn.

In this conversation, Jim and I discuss:

  • Why simplicity is the key to going viral and spreading ideas.
  • Which “this is broken” moment changed Jim’s approach to teaching.
  • The importance of “selective incompetence.”
  • How instructional coaching positions the teacher as a partner.
  • The key principles of partnership, and the difference between “dialogical coaching” and “facilitative coaching.”

    • RESOURCES
    • Visit Jim’s website at instructionalcoaching.com.
    • Read his blog at radicallearners.com.
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