Alon

Of course we can separate and we need to in South Africa. Delysia makes a very accurate observation which must not be missed! Jack also clarified Mandela's understanding (not the ANC's)[it was a video clip!] of the African ontology of Ubuntu - which is much more than "I am because we are"! It is linked strongly to Jack's notion of promoting "the use of research to improve education and serve the public good".

Lawrence

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From: Practitioner-Researcher [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alon Serper
Sent: 18 July 2011 05:55 PM
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Subject: Re: Mandela Day is today!

Delysia,

Can we separate Mandela from the ANC? He was the founder, leader, face
and persona of the ANC.

Quoting Delysia Norelle Timm <[log in to unmask]>:

> Thank you so much jack for your 67 minute contribution which has
> challenged us as an institution to live the Mandela and NOT THE ANC
> values out each day....
> Your contribution was very well received by all.
> delysia
>
> From: Practitioner-Researcher
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jack
> Whitehead
> Sent: 18 July 2011 05:41 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Mandela Day is today!
>
>
> On 18 Jul 2011, at 09:06, Marie Huxtable wrote:
>
>
> Today is Nelson Mandela's birthday. Since 2009 18th July has been
> adopted by the UN as 'an annual international day of humanitarian
> action in celebration of Mr Mandela's life and legacy. It serves as
> a catalyst for each and every person to realise that they have the
> ability to change the world through action.' Check out
> http://www.nelsonmandela.org
>
> Each person is asked to contribute 67 minutes as gifts of
> life-affirming action. How about sharing yours?
> Me - I want to spread a smile - the sort of smile that you feel
> inside when the best in you really connects with the best in someone
>  else. Hope you can help by sharing a life-affirming smile with the
> next person you meet.
> Marie
>
> Hi Marie (and all), I've just presented a Mandela Day Lecture here
> in Durban, South Africa, organised by Durban University of
> Technology and the South African Higher Education Community
> Engagement Forum. The idea of Mandela day  is:
>
> Nelson Mandela spent more than 67 years serving his community, his
> country, and the world at large. On Mandela Day people are called to
>  devote just 67 minutes of their time to changing the world for the
> better, in a small gesture of solidarity with humanity, and in a
> small step towards a continuous, global movement for good."
>
> I've put my notes for the lecture at
> http://www.actionresearch.net/writings/jack/jwmandeladay2011.pdf
>
> You'll see that I spent my 67 minutes explaining the importance of
> each individual sharing their living educational theories in which
> they are expressing their responsibility for living their values of
> humanity as fully as possible. You'll see that as well as explaining
>  what I see as my own contribution I focus attention on the work and
>  research of Maggie, Jean, Joan, Jacqueline, Branko, Jekan, Anat,
> Lesley, Joan Conolly, Kathleen Pithouse-Moran and Thenjiwe Maylwa.
> I hope that you enjoy the notes.
>
> In the notes I explain how these contributions from participants in
> the practitioner-research e-forum are providing a response to the
> AERA 2012 call for papers:
>
> In their call for submissions for AERA 2012, Ball and Tyson (2011)
> state that the AERA mission is sound: "to advance knowledge about
> education, to encourage scholarly inquiry related to education, and
> to promote the use of research to improve education and serve the
> public good."  They ask members of AERA for suggestions on what
> actions should be taken by the education research community (my
> emphasis) to fulfill the second part of the mission. That is, to
> promote the use of research to improve education and actually serve
> the public good.
>
> I argue that knowing as education researchers, whilst necessary, is
> not sufficient to fulfill the second part of the AERA mission.
> Evidence will be provided to show that the knowing of practitioner
> researchers, which draws insights from the theories of education
> researchers, is both necessary and sufficient to promote the use of
> research to improve education and serve the public good.
>
> In the Mandela Day Lecture I drew explicitly on the Transformative
> Education/al Studies Project funded by the National Research
> Foundation in South Africa for three years from 2011-2014 - see
> http://www.actionresearch.net/writings/southafrica/TESproposalopt.pdf
>
> Ball, F. B. & Tyson, C. A. (2011) American Educational Research
> Association 2012 Annual Meeting Call for Submissions Vancouver,
> British Columbia, Canada. Retrieved 8 July 2011 from
> http://www.aera.net/uploadedFiles/Publications/Journals/Educational_Researcher/4004/198-220_05EDR11.pdf
>
> Love Jack.
>
>
>
>
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