Friday 5 June 2009

Handy Hints

Information, advice and guidance.
The jargon issue pursues us all in education, doesn't it?
Andy Kempe has discussed this, at length, and he is absolutely right.
If you get caught in the 'jargon' trap you will end up having to constantly defend your stance, point of view and so on.
This, it seems to me, is the 'trap' Dorothy has created for all of us who use MoE.
Our attempts to convince colleagues of MoEs value and worth will always be thwarted by her 'meta-language'.

I dare you to create, with me if you wish, a Dorothy Heathcote Glossary.
Then take it to your colleagues for their assessment.
I, for one, would really appreciate their thoughts and observations!