2010 is on its way….

Posted on | December 31, 2009 | Comments Off

The approach of a new year is, traditionally, a time to look back, to glance auld lang syne, as much as it is to look forward.

The year just ending, 2009, has proved to me the truth of Raymond Williams’ statement, that:

….the making of a community is always an exploration….

I, along with so many others, will continue to explore the building and strengthening of the various and interwoven communities of educational thought, practice and endeavour that I have been privileged to be part of over the past three or four years. The signs of change are there, but the forces of conservatism have complacency and habit on their side.

We must use the wisdom of the ancients, and of the not-so-ancients, in our exploration of what is possible for the future. As Jerome Bruner has written, and so aptly:

….education must concentrate more on the unknown and the speculative, using the known and established as a basis for extrapolation….

I intend to use 2010 to continue to push the boundaries of the unknown and the speculative, but I will also, I hope, continue to work from the known and established, sometimes to keep what is good and useful and beautiful, sometimes to replace or restore what is spent.

I have a couple of new projects in mind for the year ahead, and I am looking forward to my continued explorations……

A guid new year tae ane an’ a’

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