Inspire to Aspire, Aspire to Inspire

Today we had a guest lecturer that has been talked about lots in my other education classes, so I am very happy that I got the chance to hear him speak! One of my favourite sayings “Inspire to Aspire, Aspire to Inspire” fit my feelings and takeaways from his lecture quite perfectly. I think he is doing great work at Oak Bay High and through all his other work, but what really got me was his motivational speaking/presenting skills. I really enjoyed that he didn’t require us to answer questions or share thoughts out loud over Zoom. It actually kept me more engaged and felt like I was in some kind of reflective therapy session. I really dug deep into my brain to pull-out feelings and memories from my previous experiences and how my experiences have shaped my perspectives of education.

I actually have one of Trevor’s books right here beside me (which I checked out from the library), ‘Dive Into Inquiry’. I signed this book out for another class assignment and also out of curiosity because everyone keeps talking about it. I think his ideas around inquiry based learning align pretty much perfectly with my thoughts on it, and because he is a teacher at Oak Bay High, it is easier to see how his ideas and theories can be applied in the public school system (and to all types of schools).

I’m going to have to keep this reflection short (it is my birthday today and it is the busiest week of the semester so far, ah!) but I am going to keep this book signed out (hopefully over the xmas break) so I can “dive” into it fully!

(Photo taken by me of Trevor Mackenzie’s book ‘Dive Into Inquiry’)