New Learning

Don't you just love learning new things? I do. I thrive on discovering about new ideas and things and I guess I like change and challenge. Today I sat in a meeting with a project manager, an architect and 3 engineers ( I felt old as 2 of these engineers appeared to be rather young but I guess that is a sign I am getting older!!) I found out about spandrels, daylight harvesting, proximity detection and lux measures. I don't know what BMS's are yet or what TRV means but I guess given time I will figure it out. Of course this is all to do with our remodel of the main block and it is incredibly exciting and somewhat worrying at the same time. I think what becomes obvious is the need to be clear about what you want as an outcome and for me we want the very best learning environment we can achieve within the constraints we have to operate within. It highlights for me just how important it is to be able to find out information that is relevant to what you need to know and how we can never ever possibly expect anyone to know everything about their field of interest because new knowledge is being created all the time. They just need to know where to find out more. It reinforces how important it is that we are developing in kids the skills, attitudes and values that will allow them to continue learning, seeking information and creating information as they head to an amazingly complex world. Knowing which questions to ask is incredibly important for all learners. I find myself writing a list of all types of questions before these meetings and asking rather a lot during them and the thing is even with this room full of specialist you can guarantee they all have questions to ask of each other to inform their learning as well. It shows how important all our key competencies are especially those relating to collaborating with others.