Hi Sarah
I didn't think you were in tomorrow? If so where and when can we meet?
I am teaching all but lesson 1 tomorrow but am around after school if that
helps?
Hope the spider arrived safely?
And Steve the link to that paper would be fabulous!
Cheers!
Donna
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sarah Fletcher" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: Representing mentors' knowledge
> Hi Steve/Donna/All,
>
> I agree wholeheartedly about the quality and deep
> extent of Donna's reflections on her/your studies. A
> small point though, Steve - the PLTA relates not to
> TT4860 but to TT500MAR which we co-studied last term
> so with Donna's go-ahead we will use both pieces of
> work on Minerva.
> I have just been reading your reflections on Critical
> Thinking Scaffolds Donna - let's talk this through and
> see how to engage more critically with Steve's and my
> ideas within the BERA '05 paper we co-presented. I'm
> coming to Bitterne tomorrow evening to collect MAR
> assignments.
>
> Steve - can you send us the URL to Education-line for
> our BERA paper?
>
> Warm regards everyone,
> Sarah
>
> --- Steven Coombs <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Donna et al, thanks for sharing that enormous and
>> well-focused set of
>> professional reflections about action research and
>> its relationship to
>> your work-based enquiry project.
>>
>> Donna - can I use these exhibits as student
>> exemplars to put onto the
>> Minerva TT4860 website when it is eventually up and
>> running - Sarah
>> Fletcher, myself and other BSU tutors would have
>> access to that as well
>> as enrolled students on TT4860 etc?
>>
>> I'd be interested in your
>> 'learning-of-your-learning' feedback about
>> this process.
>>
>> How important is professional reflection upon and
>> about practice as far
>> as you are concerned?
>>
>> What do you see as the essential differences of
>> engaging in such
>> reflection before starting an action research
>> project, during the
>> project and then after the project has been
>> completed (at least in its
>> first cycle)?
>>
>> For people that don't understand the methodology
>> underpinning action
>> research as a way of levering change by action
>> researchers in their
>> professional settings how would you explain the
>> importance of eliciting,
>> capturing and analysing (making sense of)
>> professional reflection as
>> part of the qualitative research process?
>>
>> Lastly, given these questions and our project
>> management approach
>> towards action research using CTS, how would you
>> explain their purpose
>> and usefulness to other potential users? What is
>> your experience of
>> using them in terms of benefits and any problems
>> experienced?
>>
>> Another question - how would you define the role of
>> the mentor (outside
>> and peers) within action research learning
>> environments?
>>
>> Cheers! Steve.
>>
>> Dr Steven J Coombs
>> Head of Continuing Professional Development
>> Chair of the Professional Master's Programme
>>
>> Home Office Tel: +44-(0)1225-783630
>> BSU shared Fax: +44-(0)1225-875449
>> BSU enquiries Tel: =44-(0)1225-875593
>>
>> Email: [log in to unmask]
>> CPD & PMP Website:
>> http://www.bathspa.ac.uk/schools/education/cpd/
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: BERA-MENTORING-COACHING
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>> Behalf Of Donna
>> Chipping
>> Sent: 28 October 2005 15:41
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Representing mentors' knowledge
>>
>> Hi Ben
>>
>> Hope you're having a good holiday!! My mum and dad
>> have been stranded
>> on a
>> cruise ship in the Caribbean due to Hurricane Wilma,
>> they were due back
>> on
>> Weds and are now not coming till tomorrow morning -
>> bummer!
>>
>> When Sarah says CTS, she means the Critical Thinking
>> Scaffolds in the
>> green
>> booklet, eg Spider diagram. I have attached mine to
>> this email - it
>> might
>> give you an idea of what to do? Basically it is a
>> brainstorm for your
>> project, there are loads of other ones in their too.
>> The PLTA is one we
>>
>> used last time and I have attached that too! Look
>> at my snapshot too to
>> see
>> how it evolved in terms of original thoughs etc...
>> You can access it
>> through www.donnachipping.co.uk where it says
>> Donna's snapshot.
>>
>> As for m level, this means masters level rather
>> than degree level,
>> there
>> is a little bit about this too in the booklet. What
>> what it means is
>> you
>> have to critically enagage with literature about
>> your research. eg.
>> write
>> about something you have read and say what you agree
>> with, disagree
>> with,
>> your thoughts on it, any epithanies etc...
>>
>> Hope that helps a bit, I am sure Sarah will be in a
>> position to shed
>> more
>> light than me!
>>
>> See you on Monday
>>
>> Love
>>
>> Donna
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "ben sykes" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 1:08 PM
>> Subject: Re: Representing mentors' knowledge
>>
>>
>> > Hi Sarah, i've read through the e-mails that u've
>> sent, but as they
>> seem
>> > to be responses to other people's e-mail that i
>> haven't got access to,
>> i'm
>> > a bit confused about some of the things that you
>> are talking about. At
>> the
>> > moment i am doing the background reading of
>> learning/teaching styles
>> and
>> > looking into devloping my questionnaire for my
>> targetted pupils.Whilst
>>
>> > i've popped my initial thoughts onto my snapshot i
>> haven't put
>> anything
>> > else on at this stage as i'm still doing the
>> background on it.Should i
>> be
>> > doing other things? You mention cts and needing to
>> justify why my
>> research
>> > meets m standards-i'm not too sure what this
>> means, so any light you
>> can
>> > throw on this would be much appreciated!
>> > Many thanks
>> > Ben
>> >
>> >
>> >>From: Sarah Fletcher <[log in to unmask]>
>> >>Reply-To: BERA-MENTORING-COACHING
>> >><[log in to unmask]>, Sarah
>> Fletcher
>> >><[log in to unmask]>
>> >>To: [log in to unmask]
>> >>Subject: Re: Representing mentors' knowledge
>> >>Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 13:21:10 -0700
>> >>
>> >>Dear Steve/All,
>> >>
>> >>I would like the mentors who are researching their
>> own
>> >>practice using CTS to talk about how they find
>> using
>> >>these templates. I think another main focus should
>> be
>> >>on knowledge generated by menrtors' research.
>> >>Great idea to invite Mirandanet colleagues
>> interested
>> >>in mentoring - I would like us to have a
>> presentation
>> >>on the new Franework on the day.
>> >>Steve - I think we would all appreciate a
>> presentation
>> >>by you on CTS Can list members email me some more
>> >>ideas for presentations please?
>> >>I think we jointly organise a very interesting and
>> >>diverse programme.
>>
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