Chris posted the following note to an inclusion e-forum and I thought
you'd like to see it and perhaps to explore the implications of Jane's
paper for sharing our accounts of what we are doing and the influences
of what we are doing?
Chris is responding to a comment as to how we balance the need for
some form of accountability and monitoring with what really matters.
Chris writes:
"Jane Renowden's paper which she presented at BERA 2009 focusses very
much on this
and describes the research which she is undertaking. When we think about
accountability we think about to whom are we accountable and for what
are we
accountable and what is the worth of this accountability and how valid
is
it. Jane links accountability with professional identity and states
that her
practice must be educational and accountable. She asks the question,
'How do
I understand and develop an epistemology of educational accountability'.
Within this she asks further questions:
Who am I accountable to?
How do I demonstrate my accountability?
How are judgements made about my accountability?
What standards of judgements are applied to my accounts?
Where do the judges of my accountability derive their powerto make the
decisions and how should they be held to account?
What happens when I am accountable?
It is well worth reading and gave me a lot of thought when I read it.
You
can access it from Jack's website at http://www.jackwhitehead.com/bera09keysym/janerBERA09dr220809.pdf
Chris"
Love Jack.
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