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Great Expectations
The difficult balance, perhaps, is respecting and valuing lived experience while keeping cultural and intellectual horizons open, without assuming that particular ideas, texts or experiences are beyond them or simply not for them.
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“Understanding can always be deepened” (Stenhouse, 1975)
Another afternoon of reading which led to realisation, reflexion and unpicking … no wonder my literature review is taking so long 😊
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“All labor has dignity.”
Capability may be universal, opportunity is not and dignity should be … doesn’t seem like a radical idea to me.
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Education as resistance…
After reading some bell hooks and attending a seminar by Dr Sophie King-Hill put on by Boys’ Impact, I did what I always do – write it out to allow my brain to sort it out. This is that.
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People in glass houses…
I’ve been reading Stobart’s The Expert Learner alongside articles about the hierarchy of academic and vocational pathways. These are my initial thoughts. While I agree we have a mountain to overcome in terms of being seen as on par with academic pathways. Let us not overlook or deny our own internal biases.