Engaging the learner: from their perspective.
Duckworth's colelction of essays that is a powerful reminder to educators that there is no one way of coming to understand, coming to know. Often the educators perspective is the one that dominates in the learning dynamic and yet we are reminded through these essays that the perspective of the learner is a critically important piece in communicating understanding. In the rush for accountability and the questionable dominance of test oriented assessment, it is important to be reminded there are multiple ways of demonstrating understanding. Duckworth provides a very readble reminder for educators that we are more facilitators of understanding than deliverers of knowledge.