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I didn’t know I was doing personalized learning when I first changed the way I taught. It wasn’t until I wrote about it in a blog post and someone gave me the name and description that it clicked. It made sense really; I wanted students to have a voice, have choice, and to be re-ignited passionate learners within my classroom, all tenets of the personalized learning philosophy. For me it was a no brainer; why not teach in a such a way that students would want to be part of the learning? Why not teach in such a way that students became experts and have a place alongside the teacher? Yet, wherever I go resistance remains for personalized learning. In fact, some educators or districts are quite against it, but for many different reasons. I cannot be alone in seeing this resistance, so I thought a discussion of what those barriers may be and how you can approach a discussion to work around them would be in order.
I think the first step may be for teachers to experience their own self-directed learning. It is hard to imagine until you do it.
Pernille shares 9 barriers that educators may have about personalized learning and offers some discussion points on how you may want to reframe your thinking.
Change is difficult and personalize learning often finds resistance because it may not be understood. Discover some great ideas from Pernille.