Dear Joan and Alan
I have read with much interest your reply to my posting and as you can see I have taken a little time to digest it.
Joan you may use this as an idea if you wish I would find it a great honour.
Alan I found your interpretation of my words rather confusing and with your use of many words to tell me what I was thinking took me back to my fears of "the academy" in which vocabulary is used as a barrier to keep out those who are new to this way of working. I have read several times the quantum mechanics paper and it has meant very little to me in terms of living theory in fact it was like trying to read a little known foreign language.
I am deeply in sympathy with the use of Action Research in classrooms in order to reflect on practice which formulates theory. My circles of influence have been important to me as I discovered what was framing my reference points. Reflexivity has enabled me to look at myself, which in turn opened my mind to what others were talking about related to similar experiences and finally analyzing the effectiveness of the processes or methods I use. I talk about circles of influence that come from this reflexive stance in my case they were self, literature and methods. For others in their research it may be different. The major point is within my living the theory generated I can search to discover which circle is more prominent in each stage of my spirals of action research. Contradictions begin to be made more public in a way that is in tune with the principles of action research.
Thank you again Joan and Alan
Sue Attard
|