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Hi Ernie - looking forward to meeting up again in September! And yes, the Watson quote is wonderful, and we have that in the paper as well. It was her thinking that motivated the title of the chapter I wrote in McNiff and Whitehead's "Action Research in Organisations". I entitled it "Collaboration for Co-liberation". There's some great writing coming out of Oz, for sure. Warm regards Pip On 30/07/2010 9:19 a.m., Ernie Stringer wrote: > 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 <http://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] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: A note from the 2009-10 e-seminar convenor > To: [log in to unmask] > <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>] *On > Behalf Of *Alan Markowitz > *Sent:* July 26, 2010 6:30 PM > > *To:* [log in to unmask] > <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>] On > Behalf Of Jack Whitehead > Sent: July 23, 2010 4:04 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > <mailto:[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. > > > > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Margaret Riel <[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> > Sr. Researcher, Center for Technology in Learning > SRI-International > Co-Chair M. A in Learning Technologies Pepperdine University > Phone: (760) 618-1314 > http://faculty.pepperdine.edu/mriel/office > BLOG: http://mindmaps.typepad.com/ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts > with Hotmail. 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