Congratulations to you/us all for ‘getting here’ and ‘being here’. I do wish I could make my Second Life avatar Rainbow Timeless come to life and just ‘teleport’ me to your Rockers party. The Stones seem to bridge so many generations – or do we timeless rock/n/rollers just think this?
All of this is inspiring me as I re-enter doing AR here in northern BC with students and faculty (after some years as a clinical nurse and then re-entering teaching)– I can’t let go of centring my interests from now on on the concept of ‘meaningfulness’ and what this is/means and how it is operationalized (or not) and can be facilitated for students and faculty in relation to their learning and teaching processes, in particular integrating technologies into the latter – but also in our practices as nurses/midwives/teachers. As I mark student nurses’ essays, I am absolutely tied to their stories of being-in-practice as a student in nursing and their reflections on these experiences, so much so that I have asked permission of them to write about their stories – some of which are gut-wrenching/sad/happy/soulful/horrifying etc.. - this is the bit of my scholarship and teaching that I am pursuing for the next few years. (!<@@>!).
PennyB.
I had a great big smile and laugh this morning. Thanks.
On 4/11/08 9:56 AM, "Jack Whitehead" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
What a way to start my weekend - with laughter and energy. To celebrate Je Kan's graduation on the 25th June I've organised a Rock and Roll Band - Following Penny's 'I Can't Get No Satisfaction' and Pete's 'Not Fade Away' and memories of dancing to both in 1964 I'm hoping that anyone who couldn't resist the dance will know what I'm meaning by a flow of life-affirming energy!
Jane Spiro from Oxford Brookes University who wrote the piece on 'Eye and the Fellow Traveller' had a successful Ph.D. viva last week for her doctorate on her work and research as a creative writer, creative educator, creative manager and creative researcher, and will be graduating with Je Kan on the 25th June. I'm hoping to have Jane's thesis on the web next weekend and I'll send round a note if I manage it. Also many thanks to Louise for stimulating such responses to her question on breaking free from constraints in traditional scholarship. I think I'll call the celebration on the 25th June 'Great Rockers of Action Research at the University of Bath'!! Hoping everyone enjoys their weekend.
Karen and Simon Riding have both submitted their practitioner-researcher doctorates this week and this adds to the pleasure of the weekend.
Love Jack.
On 11 Apr 2008, at 17:34, barrett wrote:
My sentiments exactly. My first 'single' was
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=ulVDM0a49Lw
In 1964.
I have five years and 29 days to retirement.
I’ll still be rocking – and learning.
:)
PennyB.