Hi Chris,
Just a quick response (I am preparing lots of teaching at the moment!) - I will
be in touch again soon!
I don't know if Katy N-J has seen you recently, but she is supervising me for
my dissertation for my MSc in Higher Professional Education, and I know that
she was intending to talk to you at some point.
I am hoping to do some kind of exploratory concept analysis, to 'unpack' what
people mean when they say that they 'incorporate global perspectives' into their
teaching. I suspect that not everyone means the same thing! For my study, I am
hoping to interview some people who are involved in higher professional
education who are interested in incorporating global perspectives, to explore
their ideas about this - what it means and what they think it achieves. Ron
Barnett's presentation was certainly food for thought, and very relevant to the
work I want to do.
It's early days as yet, but I may need to get some contacts to interview through
your networks! Would it be okay to come back to you about this once I have a
more concrete plan?
Thanks for organising the conference, which I found extremely enjoyable and
interesting!
Mary
C Shiel wrote:
> Hi folks , apologies that we have been a bit slow getting this going but
> you will all appreciate what a busy time this is.
>
> I am really interested in hearing any comments about Ron Barnett's
> presentation. How do we get on with the 'tricky business' of unpacking the
> concepts? I have just been looking at the HEFCE Sustainable Development in
> HE Policy statement and it seems that they too got into the tangle of
> definition and multiple perspectives.
>
> On another note, Forum for the Future has developed the notion
> of 'sustainability literacy'. I have my own views of this particular term
> but I would be keen to hear what ohers think of the notion of 'literacy' in
> this context.
>
> It was suggested at a DEA meeting last week that we might join this list up
> with an email group run be Gwen Collins at Leeds. Gwen's list was set up
> after the DEA national conference for people interested in global
> perspectives. It seems logical so we shall be looking into how ew take this
> forward.
>
> Anyway hope you are all well and getting into the swing of the teaching year
> Regards
> Chris Shiel
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