Wednesday, 7 March 2012

7 March: Humanistic and situated perspectives

We were down on numbers, and those of you who were here had not been able to read last week's blog. So most of the links stand for this week, too.

We did also spend some time this week on:
  • The Subject-Teacher-Learner model. (Sorry! The interactive page has stopped working.) One point I didn't make was that making inclusivity a major principle in policy and practice has the effect of elevating the position of the Learner in the sculpt. In particular, if the Learner comes out higher than the Subject, there is the danger of dumbing down the Subject, and that is what some commentators periodically say about the UK education system.
Please be ready to share your critical incidents next week. And just a reminder that I shall be away on 21 March, so you have Carol all day then, and me all day for the final session on 28 March.

If any of you would like to email me your draft submission proposals, feel free!

I'll let you catch up!

1 comment:

  1. Hi James.
    Had a quick read through the blog - better than I managed last week! I am looking forward to a bit of time at Easter to have a more thorough read - it is all very interesting, but as you say the subject is so massive, it is easy to feel overwhelmed. I will try and get in touch with my Negative Capability!
    Best Regards
    Jacky

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