C.E. Jottings

Sometimes 'An Unexpected Ass-Kicking" is just what we need

Here's a cheering story about "potential" though the word isn't once used. So different from the view of potential as something that has to be "unlocked" or "untapped", as if potential is something we have inside ourselves: a view that has so debilitated the collective educational mind thoughout my professional lifetime. There's much else but I particularly liked: “That’s the problem with a lot of people”, he continued, “they don’t try to do stuff that’s never been done before, so... Read more →

So wrenching. So well written. Words fail me.

Do you sometimes read something that brings you up sharp? Something so wrenching, so well written, you just don't have the words to respond? So this was for me a moment ago. Another exhausting evening watching the Olympics. Later, turned on the computer, replied to a couple of family history emails, looked in on Facebook, read a few tweets. Am thinking of bed. Spot a likely one, retweeted by @EDCM_campaign (Every Disabled Child Matters) Hi @RoyalMail can you explain why... Read more →

All you need is Love? Not quite but pedagogy is also about Love. True.

The element of chance, of stumbling upon, is surely one of the great pleasures of the internet. So, this, just found, from a report of an international workshop at the School of Education, University of Manchester in 2007. Three cheers for Professor David Halpin! The final leg of our journey was a stirring one, led by David Halpin (Institute of Education, London University), who urged us to reclaim passion in our educative practices by considering the relationship between love in... Read more →