"This definition was rejected and my punishment for stepping out of line is to bring back other definitions to the next meeting" That's bad practice!
Personally, I think it "could be old and established and that it involves sharing outcomes and evaluation, whether that evaluation was positive or negative as both are valuable".
The real problem with good practice are
a) it constrains all variety and superimposes one standard
b) practitioners frequently take no cognisance of pertaining circumstances
c) it creates a barrier to evolving better practice
GW
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From: learning development in higher education network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Hilsdon
Sent: 07 February 2013 12:53
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Subject: Re: definitions of 'good practice'
Hello Janette and all
Briefly (!) I think a key issue here is the context of the 'practice'. For practice to be acknowledged as 'good' it needs to have been judged as good according to criteria established by those who have legitimacy / authority in the context. On the other hand those subject to (or even outside) the context might have varying opinions of what 'good' might be in any particular circumstance - you might therefore have 'official' views about what is good that are opposed by others! How the notion of 'good' is then defended (by notions of 'evidence' or by examples of 'success' etc) then becomes critical!
A very complex - and interesting - question!
John
On 7 Feb 2013, at 11:58, "Janette Myers" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Dear All
Once again, emailing for help with my homework! We are reviewing mechanisms for disseminating good practice. I have been asked to collect a shortlist of definitions of good practice, so my first thought was to ask the list. Do you work with an established definition or do you have an implicit one that you use?
My task is complicated because I have made the point to this committee that good practice need not be new, it could be old and established and that it involves sharing outcomes and evaluation, whether that evaluation was positive or negative as both are valuable. This definition was rejected and my punishment for stepping out of line is to bring back other definitions to the next meeting
Best wishes
Janette
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