Hello everyone
Healthy social movement needs its heretics. Without them orthodoxy reigns
and our freedom to question anything, is lost.
Susan
On 12/2/09 9:31 PM, "Joan Walton" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear Sarah
>
> I am writing to say that I think the email you sent below is completely
> inappropriate in its tone, and the apparent insituation that Jack had been
> influenced by Eileen Francis' work without acknowledging her. My own
> understanding is that Eileen has been much influenced by the work at Bath -
> for example, if you access
> http://www.che.ac.uk/mambo/images/stories/researchthatworksbackground.pdf
> written by Eileen, it has a considerable amount about the work at Bath, and
> specifically mentions Jack's name.
>
> However, whatever the situation, there would be far pleasanter ways of
> enquiring with Jack about the relationship with Moray House and Eileen
> Francis, without seeming to imply he has somehow plagiarised her with no
> acknowledgement. The problem with emails such as this is that they say far
> more about the person that has written them than about the person they are
> written about.
>
> Joan
>
> I came across a fascinating article talking about 'Living Methodologies'
> written by Eileen Francis a few days ago, where she described action
> research going on in this vein at the Moray House Institute from 1981
> onwards. Francis describes a project which was informed by 'a concern for
> communication across the curriculum' (1986) How interesting to see such
> research in action that apparently preceded much of your conceptualisation,
> Jack. I cannot find any reference in your work to Francis' - if there is,
> please could you share the exact references? I know you are aware of the
> Moray House work as you had written a chapter in the same edited collection.
>
> Looking forward with great anticipation to the BERA PR discussion later this
> month,
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Sarah
>
> http://www.TeacherResearch.net
>
> Reference:
>
> Francis, E. 'Embedding Living Methodologies into the System; The
> Introspective Practitioner' in McBride, R. (1996) Teacher Education Policy,
> London, Falmer Press
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