Matthew McManaway blog. In the classroom inspiration can’t be underestimated. Vray 3 for sketchup. It can be the spark that ignites the fire in the belly of even the most reluctant learner, illuminating the path on the journey that they are about to undertake.
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In the classroom inspiration can’t be underestimated. It can be the spark that ignites the fire in the belly of even the most reluctant learner, illuminating the path on the journey that they are about to undertake.
When it comes to inspiration in the classroom, educators can at times unintentionally belittle the word by trying to guide its path, almost trapping the scope of inspiration to a point of reference. We look for inspiring moments or an inspiring thing rather than a constant world of potential inspiration.
Inspiration
noun
- An inspiring or animating action or influence:
I cannot write poetry without inspiration.
3. A result of inspired activity.
4. A thing or person that inspires.
5. Theology.
- a divine influence directly and immediately exerted upon the mind or soul.
- the divine quality of the writings or words of a person so influenced.
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6. The drawing of air into the lungs; inhalation.Mr Mac S Class Home Care
7. The act of inspiring; quality or state of being inspired.
In life inspiration is begot from an incredible array of every day things. From people, to music, to sights and smells. Each individual can call upon a plethora of inspirational moments where they feel immune and compelled to do whatever it is that they feel inspired to do. Yet when students come to school they are normally given something to inspire them. A Julia Donaldson story to inspire them to be creative. A speech from the Principal to inspire them to be proud of their school. A YouTube video of natural disasters or inequality to inspire them to be global citizens – the list goes on.
However this is making the huge mistake of clumping our learners into groups. We address this problem by tailoring our curriculum delivery to suit the learner or individual learning needs. Can we do the same with inspiration or are we unwittingly robbing our students of the potential to be taking their learning to new levels? Inspiration is to learning what adrenaline is to adventure sports. It’s an unexplored phenomenon, which gives us a fearless view of our surroundings and can make an initially daunting task achievable.
Take one of the literal meanings – It can literally breathe life into a learner – whether they are idle, ailing, or even achieving well already. The difference is adrenaline can be bottled and inspiration can’t. This is where we need to be able to come down to a student level – as individuals they have an unquestionable ability to be inspired by different things. However, because of their limited scope of worldly understanding their ability to grasp inspiration may become harder.
An example of this is Caines Arcade (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faIFNkdq96U ). If you are unfamiliar with this I suggest you watch the story on YouTube. It is a wonderful example of someone taking an idea or a dream and turning into a reality. The exact kind of result that as educators we wish our students to experience. As an adult we can find a number of things about this story that are inspiring. The act of Caine himself. The kind hearts of the crowd of people that flocked to support him. Or just the plain and simple respect afforded to Caine from his father.
Now, as a child picture this from a completely different angle. Whilst the sources for our inspiration as adults can be clearly seen, from a students perspective the ideas could perhaps be too big. The complexity of the situations that subconsciously go through our heads directly stem from our past experiences to stir emotion. Could it be though that they can take inspiration to a finer note. Could it be the meticulous detail that he put on his games? Could it be the smile on his face when he was explaining an idea? Perhaps it was simply from the sound effects of the video.
The sources of inspiration to our students are endless so lets not limit it or tailor it to our needs as educators.
Matthew McManaway