Pip,
Glad to hear your voice on this list.
Your mention of the inherently hierachical notion of benevolence brings to mind the words of Lilla Watson, an Aboriginal social worker who responded to comments from a social worker audience said something like "If you've come to help us, we dont need your help. But if you've come to us because your liberation is bound up with ours, then let us work together." Speaks for itself, I think.
Cheers,
Ernie
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:14:06 +1200
From: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: A note from the 2009-10 e-seminar convenor
To: [log in to unmask]
Hi all - a very interesting discussion! My husband and I have had a
paper accepted for ALARA entitled "Can the goldfish see the water? A
consideration of 'good intentions' in cross-cultural practice" in which
we discuss just these issues. It will eventually be available from the
ALARA website I would imagine.
But meanwhile, you may be interested in a paper we cite in that
discussion, by an Australian called Damien Riggs. He critiques notions
of benevolence as being 'inherently hierarchical'. If interested, go to
http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/publications/philament/issue4_Critique_Riggs.htm
(Just copy into your search engine - it works, I just checked to make
sure I hadn't done a typo!)
Warm regards
Pip Bruce Ferguson
On 30/07/2010 4:56 a.m., Alan Markowitz wrote:
In servant leadership, we support the needs as they are
identified by those we serve. It might be a good topic for you to
research a bit. See greenleaf.org. There is no intention
of being a "benefactor"
Dr. Alan Markowitz
Director, Graduate Programs in Education
(973) 290-4328
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Barra
Hallissey <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
For me good intentions are not enough - every scoundrel claims
at one time or other to be serving the needs of others as defined by
the scoundrel him/herself.
So who identifies what the 'needs of others' are?
Do you trust others to identify their own needs?
What if their needs don't square with what you consider they
should be, what you research priorities are, interests etc ... ?
PS - I'm not inferring that anyone here is a scoundrel or
anything like that, so please don't take offence where none is intended.
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:31:44 -0400
From: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: A note from the 2009-10 e-seminar convenor
To: [log in to unmask]
Hi,
We heartily agree. Our action research allows us to serve the
needs of others whether they be students or educators.
Alan
Dr. Alan Markowitz
Director, Graduate Programs in Education
(973) 290-4328
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Margaret Riel <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Hi
all,
We also teach service or servant leadership in our program
at Pepperdine as well. We think that it is important for action
researchers to see that they can be lead from any seat, but that
leading doesn't mean taking charge. We think that the real mark of
leadership is to bring forward the best effort in those that make up
any community-- to develop expertise in the people who are engaged in
the work. Often, offering to help is a way to get people engaged in
inquiry. And inquiry is the path toward expertise. So spreading the
mindset of an action researcher with others (inviting your co-workers
to be co-researchers) is a great act of leadership.
Warmly,
Margaret Riel
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Charlie Naylor <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Hi,
Alan, would be very glad to exchange information and will send you some
more about the BCTF’s work when I am back in the office – currently I
am on holiday on an island with dial-up access only so it takes a while
to send any attachments/links etc.
All
the best,
Charlie
From: Practitioner-Researcher [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Alan Markowitz
Sent: July 26, 2010 6:30 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: A note from the 2009-10 e-seminar convenor
Hi Charlie,
I am impressed with your work in teacher inquiry and teacher
leadership. All of our graduate programs involvee action research and
view all educational practitioners in a Servant Leadership model. We
have over 200 Action Research projects in our files and would be
interested in a collaboration, We are a small Catholic college in New
Jersey..
Dr. Alan Markowitz
Director, Graduate Programs in Education
The College of St. Elizabeth
(973) 290-4328
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 7:53 PM, Charlie Naylor <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
Thanks, Jack. I am the Senior
Researcher with the British Columbia Teachers' Federation (BCTF) in
Vancouver, Canada. The BCTF is the only teacher union in the province
of BC and represents over 40,000 teachers in Kindergarten-Grade 12
public schools.
The BCTF has been involved in supporting teacher inquiry for some
years, and this next year we are hoping to have at least ten projects
across the province. Last year we had over 200 teachers participating
in union-led teacher inquiry. We have a team of 18 facilitators who
meet with Inquiry groups and these facilitators receive training in
building and extending facilitation of teacher inquiry.
I completed my PhD at the University of British Columbia in 2007 which
focused on teacher inquiry as professional development. Another
research interest is in teacher leadership where I have partnered with
other teacher union and academic researchers in a number of countries
including Australia, England, Scotland, the Republic of Ireland and the
USA. This work explores the nature of teacher leadership in
professional development.
Cheers,
Charlie Naylor
-----Original Message-----
From: Practitioner-Researcher [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Jack Whitehead
Sent: July 23, 2010 4:04 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: A note from the 2009-10 e-seminar convenor
Welcome to Naretha Pretorium, Rachel Perry and Charlie Naylor who have
recently joined our e-seminar.
Dear Naretha, Rachel and Charlie - do please post a some details of
your context and research interests.
Leo Chivers joined the e-seminar some time ago and here are some
details of Leo's interests:
Leo is a Senior Lecturer in Early Years and Professional Development
in the School of Education at the University of Hertfordshire in the
UK. Leo writes:
"I have previously worked as a leader and manager in Children’s
Centres, Sure Start, health services and disability fields. This in
turn led me to be involved in the delivery of programmes about the
Leadership of Integrated practice (e.g. the NPQICL National
Professional Qualification in Integrated Centre leadership). Much of my
work has been about the leadership of reflective practice in
inter-professional learning communities.
I am in my second year of an Ed.D. and my research is about contrasting
the lived experience of inter-professional interactions with the
outcomes – driven policy framework for children’s services in the UK.
I am using phenomenology as a way to explore this and to discover what
types of learning helps develop awareness of these interactions.
I definitely feel I am operating at a "beginner's stage" but have
indeed been fascinated by some of the contributions made in this
community and am sorry that I have lurked on the periphery for so long
."
Love Jack.
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Co-Chair M. A in Learning Technologies Pepperdine University
Phone: (760) 618-1314
http://faculty.pepperdine.edu/mriel/office
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