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Hello Jack, I hope all is well with you. I finally got around to reading the work you've done in Qatar. I am quite impressed. After reviewing some of the project wqrite-ups, I am more convinced than ever that our models are not so divergent. I would welcome the opportunity to collaborate with you at some point to further enmesh the models. I'm currently thinking of taking a fall sabbatical to do more of this work on a global stage. I've also submitted a proposal for AERA SIG. Any feedback from you would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Alan *Dr. Alan Markowitz Program Chair- Graduate Teacher Education* *College of St. Elizabeth* *(973)290-4328* *[log in to unmask]* <[log in to unmask]> On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Jack Whitehead <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Here are some keynote presentations from ALARA in Melbourne and BERA in > Warwick, to mark the beginning of the 2010-11 practitioner-researcher > e-seminar in the new academic year here in the UK. > > Yesterday - 6th September, Alan presented his keynote at the 8th World > Congress of the Action Learning Action Research Association (ALARA) in > Melbourne. You can access Alan's notes and powerpoint for his keynote on > 'Sustainability of the Fitting – bringing the philosophical principles of > natural inclusion into the educational enrichment of our human > neighbourhood' at: > > http://actionresearch.net/writings/rayner/alanrayneralarakeynote0810opt.pdf > and > http://actionresearch.net/writings/rayner/alanrayneralarakey280810.ppt > > Last Friday the 3rd September a group of researchers from Liverpool Hope > University (LHU) presented a Keynote Symposium on 'Enhancing Professional > Learning: A New Professionalism', to the 2010 British Educational Research > Association (BERA) Annual Conference at the University of Warwick. Prof. > Bart McGettrick, the Dean of the Faculty of Education of LHU introduced the > Symposium with contributions from Dr. Joan Walton, Dr. Tanya Hathaway, Dr. > Linda Rush, Anne James, Bernie Hughes, Deidre Hewitt and Tim Griffiths. You > can access videos of these presentations together with Joan's and Linda's > papers at: > > http://www.actionresearch.net/writings/bera/lhukeynotecontributions.pdf . > > You can also access the keynotes from the What's New section of > http://www.actionresearch.net . > > What I found most inspiring in hearing the contributions to the LHU > symposium was the willingness of the contributors to hold themselves to > account for living as fully as they can the values, skills and > understandings they use to give meaning and purpose to their lives in > education. It was refreshing to hear university academics and educators > being willing to study and research their own practices in enhancing > professional learning in the generation of a new professionalism. I'm > hopeful that over the coming year we will enjoy and find productive an > exploration of the implications of both Alan's keynote and the keynote > symposium at BERA 2010 from researchers at Liverpool Hope University. > > Love Jack. >