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Dear Jack and all, I feel that there is somewhere deep that is yet to be admitted into this explication, if it is to be 'truly inclusional'. A clue may be found in the attached. Love Alan --On 05 October 2009 09:07 +0100 Jack Whitehead <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > On 5 Oct 2009, at 02:41, geisha rebolledo wrote: > > Thanks Jack for such an inmense reference to living theories (LTH)and > teaching influences. Ihave a question concernning content in teaching > withing this paradigm . A coleage is trying to follow LTH within the > context of health and AIDS prevention. He has information from many > workshops with adolescents and with training College students. > > > > He points at misconceptions and diferent knowledge problems he found > with the students after teaching, according to him the wright way. Also > he mentioned how its is only now after studing this paradigm that he > understand his teaching and that he sees his pitfalls . Then he can make > his own recomendatios for improving. Would you consider that it could be > accepted under living theory ? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Geisha - For me, what distinguishes a living educational theory from > other forms of theory is that it is an individual's explanation of his or > her educational influence in their own learning, in the learning of > others and in the learning of the social formations in which the > individual is living and working. I've found an action research approach > the most appropriate for generating living theories in enquiries of the > kind, 'How do I improve what I am doing?' It sounds to me that your > colleague is using action reflection cycles as he works to improve his > practice. To generate and to help to strengthen the validity of his > living educational theory he could offer an evidence-based explanation of > his educational influence to a forum such as this. > > I've been very impressed with the work of Lesley Wood and colleagues at > Nelson Mandela University in South Africa in using a living a theory > approach in the context of health and AIDS prevention. You might > recommend to your colleague that he reads the following accounts: Wood, > L. (Ed.( 2008) Dealing with HIV and AIDS in the classroom. Cape Town; > Juta & Company Ltd. > > > Wood, L. A., Morar, R. & Mostert, L. (2007) From rhetoric to reality: the > role of Living Theory Action Research. Education as Change, Volume 11, > No.2. pp. 67-80. > > > Love Jack.