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Nick and Dilly, I suggest that certain kinds of 'good' in the sense of morally right can and have been shown scientifically to impact academic performance in HE, namely the use of compassionate micro skills in group work. This is why these demontrable, micro skills of compassion, (demonstrated here for few minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jFVTCuSCOg ) are now credit-baring on degrees in different schools in the University of Hertfordshire. The film explains the statistical evidence of their contribution to enhancing academic performance, particularly for BME students. We have worked with the Royal Veterinary College and the University of Edinburgh to analyse these reults and I would love to see this contribute to the revolution. Absolutely. Please, please see the film. Even if only for the first one minute. All good wishes Theo ________________________________ Dr Theo Gilbert, SFHEA Senior Lecturer, CAE; Academic Skills Tutor School of Humanities University of Hertfordshire de Havilland Campus Room R323 College Lane Campus Room 1B152 AL10 9AB [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ________________________________ From: Online forum for SEDA, the Staff & Educational Development Association <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Fung, Dilly <[log in to unmask]> Sent: 26 January 2018 13:20 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Blog post: The purpose of education? Interesting that you see a sense of positivism in the notion of 'good', Nick - for me it's quite the opposite. Good for me implies morally right (see dictionary definition), not by any means something that's in principle scientifically 'provable'. And of course the definition of good is specific to a given culture and time. I tried to make that point in my blog post but perhaps not very clearly - difficult with such a limited number of words. But yes, shared sense-making is absolutely what I have in mind here - once you orientate towards values, there's no other way. In my book I write about ongoing shared dialogue for exactly that reason. All the best Dilly Prof Dilly Fung PFHEA FRSA Professor of Higher Education Development Academic Director Arena Centre for Research-based Education University College London [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> @DevonDilly PA: Sonale Karadia [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Tel: 0203 108 6463 (ext 56463) 10th floor, 1-19 Torrington Place London WC1E 7HB On 26 Jan 2018, at 12:42, Nicholas Bowskill <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: There is a sense of positivism in the term 'good' practice/education etc (although there is almost certainly such a thing as 'bad' practice). I wonder if a more fluid process of 'shared sense-making' (Swinglehurst et el, 2008) might better respond to context. Might such a term offer a process-based/situated means of engagement with and development of education? Best Wishes, Nick -------------------------------------- Dr. Nicholas Bowskill, SFHEA, Lecturer in Education (UDOL) University of Derby, Kedleston Road, Derby WORKSHOP: "Student-Generated Induction: A Social Identity Approach" Bloomsbury, London, Wednesday February 14th. http://bit.ly/2r6Ry99 Nicholas Bowskill is a former Kelvin-Smith Scholar at University of Glasgow. Nicholas is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He is lead tutor for SEDA online workshop on Introduction to Educational Change and Lecturer in Education (UDOL) at University of Derby. He is a reviewer for various published journals including: Interactive Learning Environments and International Journal of Art and Design Education. SharedThinking is an independent consultancy. On 26 January 2018 at 11:44, Hanna, Bridget <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: This phrase suffers from being a bit nonsensical as it always stands against something else and yet is hard to argue that we don’t want. A bit like Biesta’s ‘learnification’; empty, ugly and devoid of meaning alone. From: Online forum for SEDA, the Staff & Educational Development Association [mailto:[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>] On Behalf Of Tierney, Anne Sent: 25 January 2018 16:24 To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Blog post: The purpose of education? I have to say, I agree. I find “teaching excellence” to be an empty phrase. From: Online forum for SEDA, the Staff & Educational Development Association [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Fung, Dilly Sent: 25 January 2018 16:19 To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Blog post: The purpose of education? Absolutely agree that we should be talking about this. I just wrote a post for the HEA blog on a similar theme - asking whether we should talk not about 'teaching excellence' but 'good education' (published today): https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/individuals/strategic-priorities/teaching-excellence-for-student-success Prof Dilly Fung PFHEA FRSA Professor of Higher Education Development Academic Director Arena Centre for Research-based Education University College London [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> @DevonDilly PA: Sonale Karadia [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Tel: 0203 108 6463 (ext 56463) 10th floor, 1-19 Torrington Place London WC1E 7HB On 25 Jan 2018, at 16:12, Gilbert, Theo <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Dear Samantha, I love this blog. Please forgive the re-sending to SEDA but would you like to join (if only as a silent partner on the email list) a network of international universities who are working together on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jFVTCuSCOg Very best wishes Theo ________________________________ Dr Theo Gilbert, SFHEA Senior Lecturer, CAE; Academic Skills Tutor School of Humanities University of Hertfordshire de Havilland Campus Room R323 College Lane Campus Room 1B152 AL10 9AB [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ________________________________ From: Online forum for SEDA, the Staff & Educational Development Association <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> on behalf of Ahern, Samantha <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Sent: 25 January 2018 15:57 To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Blog post: The purpose of education? Hi all, I have written a slightly unusual blog post for me. Instead of focusing on learning analytics or data ethics I have been thinking about the nature and purpose of education. These are preliminary thoughts based on events attended recently. 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