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what leaders/teachers are 'willing to do'

Liz13,

You raise a hard and very relevant issue here about 'forced reflection,' in the (familiar to me!) forms of participation, weekly blog posts, etc., and I too question whether there's a way to 'lead'/teach that involves guiding/pushing students in the way a teacher understands to be in the direction of genuine growth (grounded in the student's reality) that is not also 'manipulative' (and grounded in the teacher's reality).  Nice point about coaches and collaboration.  To your way of thinking, does this always mean the teacher is doing the same thing as the student?  For example, is this response a 'collaboration' or would I be more collaborative if I was also writing an initial reflection on the reading?

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