Sam Passeport is an education consultant specialising in relational pedagogies for international schools and higher education institutions. Her doctoral research focused on student experiences of feedback, and now through consulting Sam offers educators practical, relationship-based approaches that challenge conventional ideas in education. She is passionate about resisting the commodification and datafication of learning, advocating for a more embodied and meaningful approach to teaching that emphasizes critical thinking, decolonization, and relationality in the classroom.
In this episode, Sam shares her insights on the power of feedback as a tool for growth and connection. She explores how feedback, when framed as a collaborative and inclusive process, can foster open communication and deeper understanding between educators and students. Sam also discusses the importance of confronting invisible dynamics in peer coaching, decolonizing feedback practices, and listening to the stories of the educational community. This conversation invites educators to rethink their role, embrace disruption, and prioritize relationships in their teaching practice.
Timestamps
[02:30] Why the Student Experience of Feedback?
[6:12] Designing an Environment for Feedback
[9:51] Finding Time for Peer Coaching to Work
[11:35] Sam’s Course on Inclusive Coaching
[13:10] Feedback as a Way of Life
[16:13] Decolonizing Feedback
[18:33] Lessons from “Self Driven Child”
[20:46] Fostering a Culture of Open & Honest Communication
[23:07] First Steps: Listening to Your Community’s Stories
[25:29] Sam’s Contact Information
[26:00] Final Thoughts
Notable Quotes
“[peer coaching] can be intended as a very nice interactive, learn from each other process, but it can be experienced as stressful because the colleague who is observing you is actually your head of department. There's a power dynamic here, so these are very much invisible and hidden curriculum aspects. So looking at them, facing them, is important.”
“[...] I think as a teacher, and I know my own positionality, as a white woman, I know what I didn’t have to experience. I know my privilege and I constantly am confronted with how I can do better because I’m always growing. Understanding positionality is very important as well. So it can be taught I think in ways that are all about safety in the sense of how am I going to listen not to respond how am I going to listen to empathise with those experiences.”
Check out the course related to this episode!
Peer Coaching & Feedback
Let’s Connect
Connect With Sam Passeport
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sampasseport/
Website: https://noborderslearning.com/
Connect With Mike Pierre
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-pierre/
Connect With Dana Specker-Watts
https://www.linkedin.com/in/danaspeckerwatts/
Connect With Celiah Bunsie
https://www.linkedin.com/in/celiah-bunsie-11406a64/
Connect With Katlyn Darling
https://www.linkedin.com/in/katlyn-darling-7019558a/
More Resources
The Self-Driven Child, Website
Ernest Jenavs, “Building a culture of feedback in every school” YouTube
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