During her 2015 visit to Australia, Oprah Winfrey made a wonderful observation:
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Use the Oprah Strategy
1. Identify a teacher who influenced your life goals, character development and views of the world. Share your thoughts about:
What interested me most about this teacher?
How did he/ she fire my imagination?
How did that experience help me find purpose in later life?
2. Reconstruct one classroom experience with that teacher that stands out in your memory.
Create a vivid description in a 200-word narrative.
3. There are many people who have influenced us, shaping who we have become.
List 5 key influencers and how they have shaped the unique pedagogical practioner you have become.
A curiosity about your unique pedagogical gift has its origins in your schooldays and has been shaped by your life experiences. This exercise is the beginning.