A reply to should an agency cleaner in the basement by Steve Pottinger https://youtu.be/MrWfdTqSRVc?si=43LveP2Q2iJs9gn3 The poem asserts, in its call for peace, that if a "Prime Minister" or a "Diplomat", or a "presidents mistress" [sic] were buried in Gaza rubble there would be serious work done to make a ceasefire work. The thing is, there … Continue reading We are all buried in Gaza
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Reflection in action: professional development study visits
How close to the moment can you get? "Be here now," urges 1960s psychologist Richard Alpert. A mythical Google aspires to a perfect concurrent rendering of this reality: in real-time, in software. How much rewinding can we do before anyone notices the pause for thought? Reflection in action often has the effect of: "Oops! Don't … Continue reading Reflection in action: professional development study visits
Thoughts on Internationalising the home student conference 19/06/09
I attended the opening plenary of the CICIN conference to hear John Raftery, ProVC for Student Experience and Douglas Bourne, head of the Development Education Centre at IoE, London. *John Raftery* opens the conference, quoting Sen asking us to resist the ideas that we have a single identity and that we "discover" our identity. He … Continue reading Thoughts on Internationalising the home student conference 19/06/09