I just finished reading Switch by Chip Heath and Dan Heath which is subtitled How to Change things when change is hard. I'm a change junkie, which is probably more of an outworking of my ADHD than anything else. One of the observations they make about change is that the need and desired condition must be clear, concrete and manageable. How often are things clear, concrete and manageable? It is common knowledge that people learn best when expectations are clear, concrete and manageable. Reflect for a moment, in my educational journey expectations became vague, abstract and less manageable the longer I stayed in school. Does a person's need for clear, concrete and manageable instructions disappear with age? I doubt it. Effective instructors provide students with clear, concrete and manageable learning tasks which they can complete. Why is this so easy to forget?
