On 1 Nov 2008, at 09:53, Alan Rayner (BU) wrote:
"I think this short correspondence trail with a biology graduate from Bath may give pause
for reflection on why it is so important to develop an inclusional evolutionary
understanding and living educational theory."
Hi Alan - I'm looking forward later today to adding to the thread started by Joan on
Rationale for Living Theory - Looking at your one-liner above I'm focusing on
"..the importance of developing an inclusional evolutionary understanding and living
educational theory". Some thoughts are coming to mind....
i) The importance of 'using' an inclusional evolutionary understanding in the generation of
living educational theories - I like this because I think we can draw insights from the
inclusional evolutionary understanding you have already helped to develop, in the
generation of living educational theories.
ii The importance of 'developing' an inclusional evolutionary understanding in the
generation of living educational theories - I like this because it includes a mutual
development in the relationship between an inclusional evolutionary understanding and
the generation of living educational theories.
These can be combined in the question:
iii) How am I or how are we using and developing an inclusional evolutionary
understanding in the generation of our living educational theories?
I'm working with a modification of the idea usually attributed to Marx that 'Philosophers
interpret the world, the point however is to change it'. The modification I'm working with
is that 'Philosophers interpret the world the point however is to improve it'. Hence I'm
continuing to explore the implications of asking, researching and answering my question,
'how do I improve what I am doing?' in my professional context for the generation of my
own living educational theory. I'm also wanting to participate in collaborative enquiries
with others on the list as we support each other in shared enquiries and/or our individual
enquiries. Maybe these shared enquiries will emerge from following Joan's lead in posting
our individual rationales for generating our living theories. I'll re-read all the contributions
to the thread on Rationale for Living Theory in the October postings and I'll post my
rationale later today and make some suggestions for some collaborative enquiries as we
begin the November 08 phase of our e-seminar
Love Jack.
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