Alastair, no I wasn't asking about pedagogical views. I was referring to the idea of the teacher as in some way favouring some specific changes in society or...
... My answer would be to do whatever came naturally. In my case (as you may have guessed), that would probably be to add my tuppenceworth (more concisely than...
... Diarmuid, Thank you very much for the correction about neutrality and Freire. I was completely wrong and have got him confused with another writer. This...
... Rob, A very interesting article and I have no quarrel with the theory. Yes, there are theoretical examples but nothing here about actual schools and how...
... Diarmuid, Your facts are wrong regarding Hitler winning at the polls. He initially became part of a coalition government. His actions afterwards were not...
Just found this bit of Freire (well, of his words.....) "Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger...
me either. I hate to flog the donkey which is not so much dead as worn by our recent discussion on education and social change... but isn't that an excellent...
I hope I have found the appropriate line amidst the funny birdie-like ticks... the one from Yeats? well, as a milka-maid when residing on my Polish farm, I...
Ivan ('m sure Rob will forgive you), Alistair, Diarmuid, I've just returned from a long trip and am feeling truculent. A and D, all your stuff has nothing to...
... Zosia You were clearly an exemplary milkmaid. Yeats must be turning in his grave. Oh well, as the joke in the UK goes: Old milkmaids never die they just...
... Good evening. Yes, you are quite right in your views regarding research. Do you or anyone else have the name of a researcher or book title which will give...
Dennis Trucluent you may be feeling, but that is no excuse for building straw men. You say that all my "stuff" has nothing to do with teaching and learning...
Word to the wise, Dennis: anti-elitism can easily become elitist in it's own right. Isn't van Lier interested in research? Freire? No matter how hard we...
... Hello everybody, A riveting read as usual. Does anybody have answers to my question on differentiation. I am talking about the mental health of the...
Sniff. As far as I was aware, I had atempted to offer an answer to you about differentiation. The only thing I hadn't really addressed was why people were so...
Hi Diarmuid, Interesting when you write ... More school teachers than you would think are interested in research. And if you think of the people who shared...
... Diarmuid, I am grateful for your answers and I had already begun the search. You definitely gave me an attack of vertigo when I read your comment about ...
Ok, folks. I have a real challenge here and am meeting it some bit of the way, and find some helpful material on the internet, not least the humanistic...
That is one of my all-time favorite quotes connected with education and it was actually written by Richard Shaull in the Forword for the 20th anniversary...
Elyabeth, I have read the Good Terrorist and was fascinated by how the main female character wanted to make the house homely. I've been out of this discussion...
... Elizabeth, Einstein WAS a strange guy. He famously advised FDR to fund the development of nuclear weapons "just in case" the Nazis developed them. He also...
Really interesting what Adrian has to say about conferences like IATEFL. I can imagine it's true although I've only attended a single IATEFL conference - my...
... Actually, Alastair, I meant that the label is somewhat immutable: I suspect that one concern may have been that to label someone as being of more or less...
Of course, Dennis, you mean that "the Newsonian understanding of TEFL has rather more modest aims". Is TEFL not part of education? Why save the golden goal for...
I see that truculence is catching. My argument most certainly does not fall down, although it may be seen staggering, tired and confused back to its lodgings....
