KNOWERS (Talkers) or DOERS (Implementers)?

Beth Holmes of The 21st Century Centurion wrote Is There Satisfaction in Knowing Without Doing?

She came to this question because

“Bob Sprankle, co-founder of the Seedlings Social Network and author of the Bit by Bit blog and podcasts published a fascinating little survey that posed an intriguing question: Are You Satisfied with the Pace of Change?”

She states:

I know that we continue to "see" traditional schools because our our profession is deeply ensnared in the abyss of the "knowing- doing gap." This common organizational phenomenon is described by J. Pfeffer and R.I. Sutton(1999) in their informative book, The Knowing Doing Gap: How Smart Companies Turn Knowledge into Action. Very simply, the authors confront education's #1 PROBLEM:
"WHY do educators know so much and do so little about the pace of change?"

In a nutshell, the field of education is engorged with knowledge experts - but it is painfully short on doers who implement knowledge and do so to promote organizational change. The authors correctly note that the most destructive aspect of the knowing-doing gap is the substitution of TALKING ACTIVITIES for action.

Until our profession begins full implementation of our collective knowledge, I doubt we will enjoy the satisfaction of a job well done.

So are you a KNOWER (Talker) or a DOER (Implementer)?

Guess I need to stop blogging so much and Start Doing Something More…

I am trying to get a job, so I can be a DOER! I can be an implementer in my classroom, in my job in education.

[As always, in my author quotes, the underlines, color changes, and bold type is mine, not the author’s!]

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