Thanks so much for writing - and I agree - my heart sank too when I read the emails!
Dear Sarah
Thanks for this - and yes I do believe in change - its just that my heart sank when I saw the last email - having participated in the conference/discussion group last year - and didn't enjoy it much. Glad to hear you are well and enjoying your research. Best wishes,
Jane
Dear All,
Before you react to the emails sent round today, please be aware of two things ....
1) there is a fault on the JISCmail system and the emails are from a year ago ...
2) much has changed since these interactions between Jack and myself a year ago.
As an action researchers committed to transformation and regeneration we could try trusting that despite what was said and done - and with support, space and time (and without
condemnation fuelling differences) substantial and genuine life changes occur.
I write to you from Croatia where I have just participated in a wonderful IATEFL action research conference. There were differences and disagreements in approaches to AR but a sense of common purpose and of being forgiving when less than perfect conduct surfaces was striking. If we don`t believe in such change, what hope is there for AR?
With Love,
Sarah
Dear BERA colleagues,
Can anyone remind me please how to delete this mailing list - I am not
prepared to observe intra-academic wrangling again - thanks, Jane
-----Original Message-----
From: Sarah Fletcher
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Sent: 10 October 2005 16:41
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Subject: A Fresh Start?
Dear Jack,
Thank you for your reply. Because you are so overtly committed to public
accountability in your
dealings with others I am copying to the BERA list where our conversation
should take place.
As seminar leader it is not appropriate to put you in touch privately with
Donna. Please reply
about her work to the entire list. You might like to join
BERA-TEACHER-RESEARCHER as well?
Where you say you will respond to Donna 'if you have time' I wonder if that
was the underpinning
value that you used when you ignored the work by Donna and her colleagues on
the list? Certainly
if you are so short of time you cannot respond to one teacher perhaps you
should carefully
consider if you have time to run an extension of Pete's seminar, if the list
agrees to it.
Let me
reiterate what may have been missed. I do not believe that a private
email to me is
appropriate about Donna's work. I do not wish you to use bathspa.ac.uk or
bath.ac.uk accounts.
May I suggest you ask the list who wishes to continue the seminar. Can they
reply to Brian? If the
general feeling is in favour that's fair. I request Brian also asks who
wants a new seminar. You
seem to misunderstand - I don't want to drive the new seminar. I want a
teacher to lead who is
independent of us both (as HEI representatives) to lead discussion on our
Practitioner list.
Yes - I do know lots of teachers - many of them used to work with both us
us, Jack and they
express great sorrow that you and I no longer work as a team. We were a
highly effective one! For
my part, I bear no grudge towards you just annoyance when you use my video
footage in your
BERA papers and don't acknowledge it. I hope your mail to me reflects
a
fresh approach.
Kind regards,
Sarah
re email from Jack Whitehead on 10 October 2005
On 10 Oct 2005, at 09:17, Sarah Fletcher wrote:
Dear Jack
As seminar leader for a session that ended some weeks ago What did you think
about Donna's
research? I posted it to this list several months ago and forwarded her own
posting yesterday.
We are very much looking forward to some engagement from you. Please don't
gnore the
teachers' work that is forwarded to this list by me. It upsets a lot of
people whenever you do that.
I hope everyone noticed how Donna has developed her ideas in her KEEP
snapshot - and as for a
passion for practitioner enquiry! Well - I hope you'll agree her enthusiasm
just shines out!
Please ask Donna to write to me directly and I will try to find the time to
respond.
Before we drift into another phase of a seminar please can you address my
comment yesterday? I
honestly feel that the review process was flawed and we should end the
seminar you ran.
I think you have communicated clearly your own feelings. I'll be
participating in the educational
conversations with those who want to, following Pete's excellent suggestion.
It's my opinon based on points I raised yesterday - simply ignoring what I
write underlines the
weakness of the so-called 'inclusional practice' for the good of humanity
that was promoted.
I have thoroughly enjoying following the links to the work you posted during
the seminar - have
any of the research accounts changed since we looked last time? Branko's
work is superb!
It's our responses to the archive that are developing and changing.
Pete has done his best in very difficult circumstances - it certainly isn't
any reflection on his
talents that the data he has worked on has been partial. Can we start a
seminar by teachers now?
Lots
of opportunities for you to do this.
I would like to learn more about Marie's work at NACE and I'll ask teachers
at Bitterne Park (see
http://www.TeacherResearch.net ) to join. Is there a school teacher who can
lead the seminar?
You must know lots.
Sarah Fletcher
http://www.TeacherResearch.net