This is great Zelda. You perfectly summarized the why behind the capstone projects I help lead students through as they transition into their teenage years. These are important academic rituals that help guide students through their learning journeys and empowers them to make sense of themselves as learners and the world around them. Loved reading this!
Thanks Dagan 🫀 Always feels amazing to read your thoughtful comments on my articles! I am super curious to learn more about those academic rituals you're leading - do you have any link to share?
For myself, there were mainly 2 aspects refraining me from giving responsibilities to most people :
- Trust : I though I was smarter and trusted more my judgements than the one of others
- Consequences : I feared that the result would not match my expectations and I would have to deal with the consequences
I was able to improve my ability to give responsibilities by thinking long term and gradually giving trust/responsibilities.
Regarding teenagers, I though it was not possible legally for them to contribute to NGOs.
It seems that in fact they can in France.
I am going to experiment collaborating with teenager volunteers.
Thanks for sharing Mikael! Yeah, I think that the reasons you're exposing are pretty common.
I think when we give the responsibility to someone else, we also have to acknowledge that we're giving power away, which is both beautiful and scary.
Amazing, looking forward to hear more on the collab with teenager volunteers!
This is great Zelda. You perfectly summarized the why behind the capstone projects I help lead students through as they transition into their teenage years. These are important academic rituals that help guide students through their learning journeys and empowers them to make sense of themselves as learners and the world around them. Loved reading this!
Thanks Dagan 🫀 Always feels amazing to read your thoughtful comments on my articles! I am super curious to learn more about those academic rituals you're leading - do you have any link to share?
(I think that an article about that experience would be so insightful, if it hasn't been done before!!)
I agree, I am adding that to my list of blog post ideas for 2023, thanks for the suggestion!
Here is a link to a podcast interview I did in which I talk about the capstone program: https://transformschool.libsyn.com/how-to-connect-student-passion-to-purpose-through-capstone-projects-w-dagan-bernstein