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While we've got one big vision for transformative PD feeling more like a party, beneath the seven habits we outline in this book are a set of deeply held beliefs. We want to surface these, name them, and share them with you so that you know where we're coming from. As you read our principles, consider which ones resonate with you. The following are the Principles of Transformative PD:

 Humans are bursting with untapped resilience, strength, and abilities. We have an unfathomable capacity to change and transform, to grow and learn, to love and connect with others. Given the right conditions, we can unlock our potential.

 Teachers create the conditions in which transformative learning happens; we embrace this opportunity as our responsibility.

 Learning is a basic human need. Human beings want to develop and grow and fulfill our potential, and then we want to grow some more.

 Learning is a social process. Human beings are social creatures—we need each other to learn; we learn exponentially more when we're in healthy community than when we learn alone.

 Learning is the pathway to justice, healing, and liberation. For justice, healing and liberation to exist, there's a tremendous amount that needs to change. The only way for us to change is by learning. The only way for us to heal and repair our beautiful, broken world is by learning. If we can figure out how to learn and how to create spaces for others to learn, we can be free.

 Learning is transformative when the whole range of human emotions are experienced, including joy and love.