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EARCOS welcomes book reviews from its members and on many occasions in the past has published such member analyses. We will continue to reserve space in EARCOS Triannual Journal for these reviews. However, we are adding a feature that will simply publish titles of books recently read by EARCOS members with a brief recommendation of its usefulness to our collective work as learning leaders.
Those members who attended the Leadership Story Keynotes at ELC 2016 in Kuala Lumpur learned from Shelly Luke Wille, Head of School from Chadwick International School Songdo, that books play an important role in her professional growth and development. Shelly shared inspiring anecdotes related to books that meaningfully advance her work, as a learning leader. EARCOS members are encouraged to share book titles and authors for this new feature for upcoming ET publications. You are simply asked to provide one or two sentences as comments regarding its usefulness to our collective work, as learning leaders. Send titles, authors and recommendations to Edzel Drilo at edrilo@earcos.org and Joe Petrone at jpetrone@earcos.org.
Book Title: “The Spider King’s Daughter” Author: Chibundu Onuzo EARCOS Learning Leader: Shelly Luke Wille
Below are some of those book titles and authors Shelly shared with us. You will also find a brief recommendation excerpted from Leadership Story of the book’s usefulness to our collective work, as learning leaders. Enjoy.
Recommendation: The book illuminates that “the importance of including contemporary literature from multiple perspectives is one way to prepare our students for their globalized future”.
Book Title: Cultivating Curiosity Author: Wendy Ostroff EARCOS Learning Leader: Shelly Luke Wille Recommendation: This book “inspired me to prioritize curiosity in my hiring decisions to ensure that our community continues to wonder and inspire curiosity in our students”.
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Book Title: “A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas” Author: Warren Berger EARCOS Learning Leader: Shelly Luke Wille Recommendation: This book has been “inspiring me for well over a year as I work to add more inquiry to my own practice and reflection.The rationale and framework for using inquiry has inspired our community to ponder our own more beautiful questions”.
