ABSTRACT
In my entire life as a student, I remember only twice being given the opportunity to come up with my own ideas, a fact I consider typical and terrible. (Duckworth, 2006, p. 125)
Eleanor Duckworth is an educational theorist and professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her interests center on teaching, learning, and the educational experiences of students and teachers. She has worked in the United States and abroad in the areas of teacher training, curriculum development, and program assessment. She has authored numerous articles and books on teaching and learning including, Th e Having of Wonderful Ideas and Other Essays on Teaching and Learning (2006), Tell Me More: Listening to Learners Explain (2001), and Teacher to Teacher: Learning from Each Other (1997). Th is chapter is based on a review of Duckworth’s written works, an interview she graciously granted to the authors on September 5, 2007, and subsequent correspondence with Dr. Duckworth.
