Hi everyone. This caught my eye. I think there is a (maybe not very serious) message hidden in it somewhere for us. If McDonald's are making use of...
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Eric Baber
Eric@...
Sep 3, 2001 11:11 am
Hi Tom and all, ... hidden in it somewhere for us. If McDonald's are making use of e-learning... Absolutely all large companies are now making use of...
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Tom Walton
twalton@...
Sep 3, 2001 11:37 am
Yeah, right. According to the same source (learningcircuits.org), by 2003 40% of the total spending on corporate training in the US will be on e-learning. But...
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David French
prawdziwyanglik@...
Sep 4, 2001 2:07 pm
I remember when Scott and Jeremy informed us that Bjork would be appearing in a von Trier film and expressed concerns about the consequences for Dogme (or at...
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David French
prawdziwyanglik@...
Sep 4, 2001 2:16 pm
I leafed through "Teacher" again the other day and was struck again by the genius of Sylvia Ashton-Warner. Here's a passage I thought might be relevant here. ...
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Luke Meddings
luke@...
Sep 4, 2001 4:31 pm
... About time too Luke...
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Diarmuid Fogarty
fogarty@...
Sep 4, 2001 8:18 pm
I hate to come up with a suggestion that may be so obvious, but just in case it's not, may I point fans of Silvia Ashton Warner in the direction of John Holt....
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Diarmuid Fogarty
fogarty@...
Sep 4, 2001 8:19 pm
I'm about to go back into the classroom after a good spell out. During this spell, I've had ample time to reflect upon my teaching and my beliefs and, as a...
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dnewson@...
Sep 5, 2001 7:49 am
I confess I don't know Sylvia Ashton-Warner, but I do know a word to characterize the quotation just posted: precious. Personally, I always found it impossible...
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Luke Meddings
luke@...
Sep 5, 2001 8:45 am
... Hi Diarmuid. This strikes me as common sense rather than idealistic. It's a good summary of a dogme approach; I guess what we all have to do is see how...
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dnewson@...
Sep 5, 2001 8:51 am
Diarmuid, Diarmuid, From what you write I'm quite sure you're going to be absolutely OK because you are reflective about your teaching, you take it seriously...
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Tom Walton
twalton@...
Sep 5, 2001 9:19 am
Hi. Diarmuid, you mention an article by "a well-meaning teacher about how my new students (largely Chinese) needed the safety net of grammar to reassure them ...
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Tom Walton
twalton@...
Sep 5, 2001 9:23 am
Hi. Luke mentions "balancing ["the Grammar"] with dogme time to everyone's satisfaction". Perhaps that is really what it is all about. Providing "dogme time"...
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adrian.tennant
adrian.tennant@...
Sep 5, 2001 6:12 pm
Dear Diarmund. Haven't read the other replies yet but I'd like to reassure you. I teach (most of the time) at an FE college in the UK. Early this year we...
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F. Mortes
fmortes@...
Sep 5, 2001 7:51 pm
Hi, there! "Watch. Give only what is needed. Wait" -Caleb Gattegno. Good luck and enjoy! Francesc Mortés...
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Simon Gill
pangill@...
Sep 6, 2001 11:24 am
Diarmuid asked for reassurance. "I am beginning to worry that my beliefs are built upon dodgy foundations. Am I wrong to assume that free and equal learning is...
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Diarmuid Fogarty
dfogarty@...
Sep 7, 2001 8:16 am
Thank you all for your support. I would be lying if I said that I faced Monday without fear, but it is true to say that I feel less unconfident than I did...
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Diarmuid Fogarty
fogarty@...
Sep 8, 2001 8:38 am
I'm writing this quickly, having heard early morning gurgles emanating from baby Sara's room. There's a lull now, but when the screaming starts... It's...
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Sue Murray
suemurray@...
Sep 9, 2001 10:33 pm
I've been following unplugged and the discussion group for a few months, feeling far less 'eccentric' as a teacher and a learner, getting ever so excited...
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Sue Murray
suemurray@...
Sep 9, 2001 10:33 pm
Diarmuid (827) describes one of his classrooms: "a long, narrow room that used to be a third of a bigger room until walls got built to make education more...
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David French
prawdziwyanglik@...
Sep 10, 2001 5:14 pm
... Thanks for that, Sue I told a small group of people (5 actually, including our very own Simon Gill) at the Moravian and Silesian Association of Teachers of...
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Sue Murray
suemurray@...
Sep 10, 2001 11:45 pm
Thanks David, and so glad you DIDN'T give up teaching! And it's always reassuring to know we're not alone. A colleague wrote in his end of year evaluation this...
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Diarmuid Fogarty
dfogarty@...
Sep 12, 2001 11:21 am
I have made it through to the halfway point (of the week, not my career) and I would be very grateful for feedback. Having read about dogme, I felt that it...
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Diarmuid Fogarty
dfogarty@...
Sep 12, 2001 11:30 am
I don't know hot to attach, obviously... Wednesday 12 September 2001 0900-1100 Pre Int A There is a common consensus amongst the three teachers that this class...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson@...
Sep 12, 2001 11:46 pm
!!!! PLEASE send all replies to dnewson@.... They will be forwarded. !!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Diarmuid, I'm in Sarajevo for three...
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Sue Murray
suemurray@...
Sep 13, 2001 3:07 am
This is my gut reaction, Diarmuid, to your diary entry, which I've just read 'with feeling'. First of all, don't be so hard on yourself. We've all been there,...
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David French
prawdziwyanglik@...
Sep 13, 2001 6:20 pm
I think the process of getting to know students takes a lot of time and effort. Ira Shor (a kind of pupil of Freire) really works at getting inside the culture...
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David French
prawdziwyanglik@...
Sep 13, 2001 7:44 pm
This isn't normal procedure for the this list but could anyone help out? DF ... __________________________________________________ Terrorist Attacks on U.S. -...
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David French
prawdziwyanglik@...
Sep 13, 2001 10:12 pm
... Here's one learners description of what she does. Her motivation was very defined - to get to Sweden on a one-year exchange programme. My experiences of...
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adrian.tennant
adrian.tennant@...
Sep 14, 2001 6:10 pm
Dear Diarmuid, Hope things are going well. I'm just about to start a new term, new students, new pressures - apparently all our students will be taking NVQs!! ...
