1. Which is more helpful, thinking about accountability or thinking about responsibility?
\n2. What is the best way to develop accountability?
\n3. Can accountability grow or develop? Or is t something that can happen overnight? <\/p>\n
All three emerged from the writing we’ve done this week. We employed our dual podiums and got started shouting. <\/p>\n
One deep thought: “you can’t be accountable until you understand that it’s your responsibility to do something.” <\/p>\n
There was a subtle argument being made about the differences between accountability and responsibility. I’d started making this distinction as a teacher from working with Bob Fecho and Marsha Pincus: you have to be accountable to yourself, to the students, and to the work, but you should not consider yourself responsible for the decisions that students make. <\/p>\n
Nearly everyone who spoke discussed how you need to own your work and how you need to “take things into your own hands.” <\/p>\n
Another good distinction was describing accountability as a short-term, immediate idea and responsibility as something long-term or permanent. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1. Which is more helpful, thinking about accountability or thinking about responsibility? 2. What is the best way to develop accountability? 3. Can accountability grow or develop? Or is t something that can happen overnight? All three emerged from the writing we’ve done this week. We employed our dual podiums and got started shouting. One … Continue reading Friday debate questions<\/span>