Bernie, agreat question:  you  wrote: Among these values are honesty, 
inclusionality, tolerance, an ethic of care and consciousness of the 
other. Are these some of the core values informing the standards of 
discernment for the assessment of your thesis, Je Kan?

The values I wrote about have emerged and are embedded in my knowing in 
a fluid state of tension as I use them as living epistemological 
standards in my contribution to knowledge through my knowing. I feel as 
a result of all my research the only claim that I can make with any 
authority concerning knowing is that I know that I do not know. That 
understanding has freed me from the confines of knowledge claims. I can 
move into and out of the claims of others as they inform my ignorance 
by raising more questions. And so extend the boundaries of my 
consciousness.  I am using the words fluid state of tension 
deliberately as I wish to convey the meaning that while I seek to live 
these values in their praxis, I also need them to be fluidly dynamic in 
the sense that my consciousness is brought to bear in an active state 
of mindfulness. Nothing is solid or as given , all is evolving in a 
constant state of evolution as I live my understanding that the 
boundaries to my knowing is my ignorance, for in the reality of 
practice , my claims to know shift and changes as each new experience 
modifies my knowing in a vast web of connectedness.  The work of my 
thesis is the emergence of these values over time expressed in a living 
narrative grounded in the introduction, teaching and assessment of a 
new curriculum for healing nurses.  Where your question hit a point of 
worry is that I have to rely on the social establishment’s selection 
rules of the examiners having the openness to engage with my 
understandings. That criterion has been under discussion in the 
exchanges between Jean and Jack, both experienced examiners. Would I 
like to be assessed with honesty, inclusionality, tolerance, an ethic 
of care and consciousness of the other. Yes of course, but will I? That 
remains to be seen for I claim that my thesis is an educational space 
of invitation and if those whom are invited can not understand my 
knowing or process through my error of communication, then in many ways 
I have not fulfilled that claim. If the language of my thesis excludes 
my reader then I have also failed another claim. If the examiner or 
reader excludes themselves then that is another issue. smile.  I also 
have to be able to apply these values to my thesis, have I been honest, 
inclusional…etc. In the living sense of my narrative there were times 
when I was dishonest with myself as I tried to hide from the shadow of 
myself instead of honouring it as just a part of me that can reflect 
back my inner light. I not only tried to live these values but I know 
them in an inner sense of being, I also know when I do not met the 
level of commitment to them that I demand of myself but I see that I 
was seeking perfection and worrying over every action and how it would 
impact others, I tried to live as inclusionally as possible in a very 
hostile situation, telling myself that, all will be well, I am both the 
problem and the solution While my thesis is a heuristic living action 
research account ,it is also a rigours research account of a curriculum 
in another culture and the voices of the students experience of that 
curriculum. Change what you can change and change it well, what you can 
not change leave alone. I believe I have lived this and my thesis 
evidence that process, warts and all!.





Quoting Bernie Sullivan <[log in to unmask]>:

> Hi Maggie and all,
>
> It was lovely to be able to access your presentation of your 
> practitioner research at CESI. I particularly liked your explanation 
> in your posting of how living standards are expressed as clearly 
> communicated meanings that emerge from enquiries of the kind 'How do 
> I improve what I do?' I think 'clearly communicated' are key words 
> here. It is not sufficient that the standards of judgement or the 
> underlying values are implicit in the research. They need to be 
> stated explicitly so that they are clearly understood and 
> intelligible to readers of the research report, including PhD 
> examiners.
>
> In a recent posting, Je Kan articulated his values quite explicitly 
> and explained how they give meaning to his life. Among these values 
> are honesty, inclusionality, tolerance, an ethic of care and 
> consciousness of the other. Are these some of the core values 
> informing the standards of discernment for the assessment of your 
> thesis, Je Kan?
>
> Regards,
> Bernie.
>
>
>
>
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Rev Je Kan Adler-Collins
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Fukuoka Prefectural University Faculty of Nursing
Tagawa City
Fukuoka Prefecture
Japan