I am busy collecting contributions for a new APEX book / PDF and website that will show what has been done in the past, what is currently being done and to act as a catalyst and reference for people to make connections into the future. It will be a 'Living Legacy' The 4 key points from Marie Huxtables seminal tect regarding inclusive gifted and talents are Marie writes:
"Emerging from my research I offer four original ideas:
1) Living-Educational-Theory praxis, highlighting the fundamental importance of educators creating 'values-based explanation of their educational influences in learning' (Whitehead, 1989a), as they research to develop praxis within living-boundaries.
2) Living-boundaries as co-creative space within which energy-flowing values can be clarified and communicated.
3) Inclusive gifted and talented education developed from an educational perspective, which enables each learner to develop and offer talents, expertise and knowledge as life-affirming and life-enhancing gifts. The knowledge is that created of the world, of self, and self in and of the world.
4) Living-Theory TASC, a relationally-dynamic and multidimensional approach to research and developing praxis, which integrates Living-Theory (Whitehead, 1989a) with Thinking Actively in a Social Context (TASC) (Wallace and Adams, 1993)."
If you have worked with Marie or been influenced by this work please get in touch either direct with me [log in to unmask] or Marie [log in to unmask] we would love to hear from you and include your thoughts. Marie Huxtables work changes our thinking about gifts and talents and has important things to say about inclusion and the future of educational knowledge creation. Please do let us know the influence the work may have had on your practice or the influence you have had on APEX. We need your stories so we do not lose them.
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