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\nAndy Hargreaves- The Making of an Educator: Living Through & Learning from The Great Education Shift\n

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\nAndy Hargreaves, emeritus professor at Boston College and visiting professor at the University of Ottawa, reflects on his early career in The Making of an Educator, a book that is “not a memoir” but a meditation on how the formative...\nAndy Hargreaves, emeritus professor at Boston College and visiting professor at the University of Ottawa, reflects on his early career in The Making of an Educator, a book that is “not a memoir” but a meditation on how the formative years of teaching and research shape a lifetime in education. Drawing from his first 15 years in the U.K. before moving to Canada, Hargreaves explores how early professional experiences, relationships, and challenges continue to influence educators decades later. Through personal and historical reflection—from working on innovative assessment projects in 1980s England to advising education policy in Ireland—Hargreaves illustrates how small, early efforts (“moving the pawns”) can lead to transformative impact (“moving the queen”). He urges educators to recognize the generational forces that shape their work, to bridge understanding between younger and older colleagues, and to honor the invisible but foundational years that “build us piece by piece.\n
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12:21
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Higher Ed
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\nBrainwaves Video Anthology\n\n
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2025
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English
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