Planning Philosophy and Practice
Don (M ur r ay) was tr ue to hi s bel i efs thr oughout hi s car eer . I n an essay for teacher s composed just months befor e hi s passi ng, he wr ote...
Do not plan your next lesson. Do not go to your classroom or home office. “
H e i s not sayi ng ‘don’t pl an’.
Instead, take a pad of paper and settle on
Don M ur r ay i s sayi ng ‘Take your i nspi r ati on fr om the r eal wor l d. park sitg piincturyour before a ts See i n a your mi ndbench; what the bi e l ookscar l i ke ... jot the par favourite view down with... your cell phone off;
takecoul a chair atthethe in thi the Who better d I fol l ow advilonely ce of thantable he? And s is pr eci I do ishop. t. back corner ofselay how coffee I t may not, on paper , l ook l i ke other s’ but, as has agai n been ... Now sit quietly and think .” i ndependentl y obser ved thi s year , the r esul ts ar e ther e for anyone to see.
PS (postscript, Not Polly Sparkles!) I do in fact have a tome of philosophy, big picture, curriculum alignment... and trees worth (I cringe to think how many) of jotting the parts. 2007, 2008, 2009