Challenging perfectionism: good is good enough

Today's episode of 'Beyond Survival: The New Teacher podcast' is the monthly episode with Colin McGill. Colin is my colleague in the PGDE at Edinburgh Napier University, and is the programme leader. You can follow him on Twitter @colinmcgill. 

This episode explores perfectionism in teaching, and how the teachers at the start of their careers can practically apply the philosophy 'good is good enough'. In doing so, we explore the following questions: 

1. How would you define perfectionism?

2. What do you think leads to perfectionism at the start of teacher's careers? 

3. What are the risks of perfectionism for teachers? 

4. What do you mean by the concept 'good is good enough' 

5. How can teachers embrace this philosophy practically? 

6. What other advice might you offer to teachers to challenge perfectionism?

I hope you really enjoy the episode.  Please do pass it on to other teachers if you did find it useful. You can read more about the PGDE programmes on offer at Edinburgh Napier University here: https://www.napier.ac.uk/courses/study-areas/teaching.