For the Monday group and an invitation to
colleagues to participate in the
conversation.
5.00-7.00 1WN 3.8 17/01/05.
After we've caught up with each others' week
I'd like to share a
contribution from Peggy Leong at the Academy
of Best Learning in Education
(ABLE) in Singapore's Institute of Technical
Education. I'd like to spend
a few minutes browsing through Module 5:
Action Research for professional
growth and development at
http://www.ite.edu.sg/~able/ActionResearch/ar4a.htm in the context of:
a) Peggy's (2004) presentation on 'Embarking
on a Learning Journey:
Developing the PEPP&ER Framework for
Action Research', to the
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING,
Jointly organized by the Office of the
Vocational Education Commission
Ministry of Education, Thailand, The
Federation of Private Vocational
Schools of Thailand & UNESCO, 13-14 Aug
2004. Peggy is Manager of the
Academy of Best Learning in Education.
b) continuing our conversation with Moira on
enhancing the educational
influence of China's Experimental Centre for
Educational Action in Foreign
Languages Teaching. Moira hopes to join us
at a Monday evening
conversation in early February with Dean
Tian from Guyuan Teachers
College. Dean Tian is managing the
Experimental Centre.
b) Marie's interest in contributing to the
BANES policy that by July 2005:
1) Six schools will have undertaken an
action research project with a view
to improved understanding of issues around
inclusion and lessons for
improved practice.
2) Inclusion Support Service Teams will be
aware of the nature and
benefits of action research on inclusion and
how to support schools in
undertaking the research.
3) A range of examples of Action Research
projects relating to inclusive
practice will be publicized 'on the
website', 'Name and Acclaim',
authority conferences etc.
4) Accreditation opportunities will have
been identified for the Team and
Educators.
Joao - I think you said you'd be able to
share your ideas for the
development of the Bristol Sensory Support Service.
Harry this could give
you an opening to share ideas from your
research. Dave too.
Alan's 'Life, Environment and People' course
for this academic year should
help with the clarification and insubjective
agreement about our
inclusional awareness of the meanings of
scientific enquiry. Alan - if you
have the final outline curriculum and
evaluation criteria for the course I
could post them in the Monday evening
section of actionresearch.net as
part of our conversation. I'm puzzling away
at the possibility of coming
to an intersubjective agreement about the
inclusional meanings of:
a loving flow-form of life affirming energy
in educational relationships;
scientific enquiry;
contextual understandings;
originality of mind;
critical judgement;
educational enquiry.
First, very embryonic thoughts at
http://www.actionresearch.net/values/jwartl1.htm
.
Erica has started at Oxford Brookes
University and now has Jane as a
colleague. Jane and Erica - Looking forward to updates on your research
programmes.
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Looking forward to seeing you on monday
evening. If you won't be here do
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in touch with what you are
doing. If you want to refresh your memory
about contributions to earlier
conversations these are updated weekly in
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Conversations in Bath' section at the top of
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Love Jack.