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Thanks a lot.
May the risen Lord Bless you.

Vicente Halle, maputo

On 4/29/11, Salyers, Sara M <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I will! And many congratulations.
>
> love,
> Sara
>
> "I have come to a frightening conclusion. I am the decisive element in the
> classroom. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my
> daily mood that makes the weather... I can be a tool of torture or an
> instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal."
> Haim Ginott
> ________________________________________
> From: Practitioner-Researcher [[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Wood, Lesley (Prof) (Summerstrand Campus South)
> [[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 8:00 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: The Work of Early Years Educators: Every Moment Counts
>
> Dear All
> I would just like to alert you to the fact that Educational Research for
> Social Change journal is now online!
>
> http://ersc.nmmu.ac.za<http://ersc.nmmu.ac.za/>
>
> Please spread the word among your colleagues.
> Kind regards
> Lesley Wood
>
> ________________________________
> From: Practitioner-Researcher [[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Joan Walton [[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 28 April 2011 01:58 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: The Work of Early Years Educators: Every Moment Counts
>
>
> Dear Colleague
>
> The Centre for the Child and the Family at Liverpool Hope University invites
> you to a practitioner-led conference on 23rd June 2011, which disseminates
> the findings of a Collaborative Inquiry focusing on the question: “How can
> we, individually and collectively, integrate research and practice to
> improve the wellbeing of children?”
>
> This project, led by Dr Joan Walton and Janice Darkes-Sutcliffe, and funded
> by Liverpool Children's Services, takes an innovative action research
> approach to professional development.
>
> The aim of the project is:
>
> To demonstrably improve the wellbeing of children and young people through
> the facilitation of a collaborative inquiry with practitioners and managers
> who ask and respond to the questions:
>
> (i)                  ‘How can I improve my practice in my work with
> children, young people and parents?’
>
> (ii)                 “How can we as a group influence the learning of each
> other and the wider professional contexts in which we live and work, for the
> benefit of children and their families?”
>
> The specific objectives are:
>
>
> (i)                  To increase the motivation and commitment of
> practitioners by empowering them to create and implement action plans for
> improving their practice based on their values and ‘what matters to them’.
>
>
> (ii)                 To support practitioners in the process of providing
> evidence and accounting for what they have done to improve the wellbeing of
> children and young people.
>
>
> (iii)                For practitioners to recognise that they have a
> valuable contribution to make in the creation of knowledge relevant to
> improving the wellbeing of children and families as a result of creating and
> implementing their Action Plans.
>
>
> (iv)               For research and policy-making at local and national
> levels to be grounded in the experience and knowledge-creation of
> practitioners.
>
> This conference may be of interest to you, your team, others in your
> workplace, and/or your students. Please see the attached leaflet for more
> details and information on how to request a place.
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Chris Lowry
>
>
> --
> Chris Lowry
> Administrator for Research & Postgraduate Studies
> Faculty of Education
> Liverpool Hope University
> Tel: 0151 291 3089   (Direct Line)
>       0151 291 3410 (Faculty Office)
> Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>
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