Chapter 5 Leading from Any Chair
Again, education provides many opportunities for educators to allow students to collaborate using their strengths to help complete a task, practice, or teach a new skill or concept. This helps develop leadership qualities in all students. For several years my district has been incorporating Kagan Strategies for successful student interaction and contribution. The “Leaders Everywhere” story Ben Zander shares in this chapter about the Cuban Orchestra players teaching the Americans and then the Americans teaching the Cubans definitely fits into several Kagan Activities. The strategy is called Jig-Saw. This strategy has each student become an expert on a topic and then they share their expertise with others.
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/People/tkopcha/fall2007/mathed502/kagan_strats.pdf
Boston Philharmonic Orchestra photo by photofalcon. Retrieved on June 22, 2009 at http://search.creativecommons.org/#
Chapter 6 Rule Number 6
Try not to take yourself so seriously. Of all of the chapters in this book, this one seems to be the most practical, and yet, the most challenging. Most of the time in an uncomfortable situation I have been known to try to find the humor in what is happening. Unfortunately, not everyone believes in this form of dealing with a situation, and some people are totally offended when I try to “make light” of an issue. Zander’s ideas about the calculating self verses the central self are helpful, especially when he brings in a facilitator to lead a conflict resolution discussion. I also agree with the fact that looking at the benefits of the ultimate results, which in education, is the students
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