C.E. Jottings

All human beings are transformable. Last Year in Hong Kong. #CondEd

I’ve not recently been doing as much leisure reading as usual. Half-read is my ‘Christmas book’ “Charles Dickens: a Life” by Claire Tomalin. Also half-finished is a book I started ‘before the fire’ Trevor Royle’s “Civil War: The Wars of the Three Kingdoms 1638-1660”. Nearly finished, though something quite else, is “The Hungry Cyclist: Pedalling The Americas In Search Of The Perfect Meal” by Tom Kevill-Davies. One book I bought just a few days ago and am now reading for... Read more →

On sharing data. Lessons for conductive education centres maybe?

Just a link, really. The article speaks for itself. "Data for Promotion. Engagement and Reporting" source Stanford Social Innovation Review. "Many organizations use selected statistics, data, or other information in press releases and calls to action, but we may not look at those numbers or statistics as stories that compel us to share, respond, and take action." Read more →

Expanding the Evidence Universe: Doing Better by Knowing More

This came my way via Mike Chitty on Facebook. "Expanding the Evidence Universe: Doing Better by Knowing More": A paper prepared for the 2011 Harold Richman Public Policy Symposium. "Salient point: there is valuable knowledge that is not absolutely certain knowledge. By dint of a bit of digging around, I found a reference to it on a blog "Striving for Change" (which led me to a website for Strive Network: Education is a lifelong experience that begins well before a... Read more →

Beautiful conductive education photograph from Sussex in 1989 #CondEd

The title says it really: a beautiful photograph from a CE session in 1989 in Sussex. ----------------- #CondEd is a twitter 'hashtag' Read more →