Wondering from Week 2 Research 5301

Leading with Passion and Knowledge by Nancy F. Dana opened up an area of curiosity for me in chapter 2 when it discussed the 9 passions that drive our journey as educators. Passion #3 (Individual Teachers) provided an exercise that would stir dicussion amongst a group of both new teachers as well as veteran teachers, seperately The idea of the discussion is to guage the eagerness for support from both groups. I began to wonder myself, whether newer teachers were more eager to grow than veteran teachers. Newer teachers might be more abreast to the urgencies that changes in education and curriculum require, while veteran teachers feel their methods are concrete. However, veteran teachers might be aware of a "sense the urgency as they realize their careers are half over" to compete with newer teachers for their jobs. Just curious.