Dear Sarah, It is difficult to know how I can usefully reply to your questions without attempting to reproduce the eloquence already posted on this list. In these postings I see: candid writers ... readers' perceptions living processes of becoming ... propositional statements optimism, encouragement and connection ... distance, pesimism, discouragenent openness to discover and share ... searches for personal significance All of these I recognise as part of healthy collaborative enquiry whatever name it claims. I am unable to add more useful comment about this. Regards, Robyn --- On Tue, 10/28/08, Sarah Fletcher <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: Sarah Fletcher <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Explaining our educational influences in learn... To: [log in to unmask] Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2008, 7:19 PM Hi Robyn, Where you write...I don't see inhouse conspiracy Has conspiracy been suggested....? Where you say Living Educational Theory is a methodology - how do you (if you do?) differentiate it from an 'approach' to researching one's practice? Kind regards Sarah