[SSC] SSC curriculum stuff -- to the wider group

[Heather Hughes]

Like others, think the notes are really useful and also sorry I can't attend
on Saturday. We've voiced lots of different ideas in preparation for fuller
discussion on the day, and hope it is all productive and a plan begins to
emerge.....would be very happy to help in whatever way I can with materials
for learning.

Heather

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Somerville [mailto:psomerville at lincoln.ac.uk] 
Sent: 27 June 2012 17:06
To: Zoraida Mendiwelso-Bendek
Cc: ssc at lists.aktivix.org; Heather Hughes; Helen Farrell (Tourism);
pappaskelley at mac.com; sara.motta at nottingham.ac.uk;
hopkins668 at btinternet.com; Zoraida Mendiwelso-Bendek;
sandiestrat at phonecoop.coop; davidmcaleavey at virginmedia.com;
miketodd143 at gmail.com
Subject: RE: SSC curriculum stuff -- to the wider group

I think these are really useful notes. I'm only sorry that I cannot attend
on 30 June.

I think the issues identified here (soul/spirit, praxis, autonomy, critical
learning, language and hidden curriculum) need to be integrated into the
'curriculum framework'. I also think this curriculum framework actually
looks more like a framework for the SSC project as a whole.

I have made this point before but I also think that, at least when it comes
to the learning process, we should be distinguishing only between teaching
and learning, not between 'teacher-scholars' and 'student-scholars'. We will
be expecting students to be taking on teaching roles and also expecting
academics to take on learning roles. I think this is the key thing that
distinguishes the SSC from other educational projects.

The point about language is a good one and I still feel that some of the
language we use is not accessible enough or perhaps not clear enough.
For example, why say 'problematics' when we could just say 'issues'? Or what
do we really mean by being 'critical'? Zoraida and I decided that probably
what we mean is 'increasing awareness of our journey and of how we move
forward in that journey'. Or again: are 'content' and 'process'
really two dimensions? I think not. What does it mean to 'become otherwise'?
What are 'scholarly literacies'? I do not know the answers to these two last
questions.

I think the concepts/themes of culture, economy, power and society are too
broad to act as suitable foci. Gender, race, class, sexuality, age, the body
are better. But why not just start with issue-based themes, as also
suggested - poverty, unemployment, climate change, homelessness, debt,
solidarity, etc?

I think the correct term is 'spirit' rather than 'soul'. 'Soul' refers to
the inner world of perceptions, feelings and will, whereas 'spirit'
is what links this inner world with the outer world of the body. Spirit is
about hope and a sense of purpose and direction and possibly also of
communion or solidarity, as in the expressions 'community spirit' and 'team
spirit'. The spirit of the SSC is what drives us forward (hence the term
'inspiration'), enabling us to keep body and soul together.

Hope this helps

Pete


-----Original Message-----
From: Zoraida Mendiwelso-Bendek
Sent: 27 June 2012 15:01
To: Peter Somerville
Subject: FW: SSC curriculum stuff -- to the wider group

 

Fly

-----Original Message-----
From: sarah at socialsciencecentre.org.uk
[mailto:sarah at socialsciencecentre.org.uk]
Sent: 27 June 2012 14:49
To: botlenyanahughes at yahoo.co.uk; Helen Farrell (Tourism);
pappaskelley at mac.com; sara.motta at nottingham.ac.uk;
hopkins668 at btinternet.com; Zoraida Mendiwelso-Bendek;
sandiestrat at phonecoop.coop; davidmcaleavey at virginmedia.com;
miketodd143 at gmail.com; Darryl Baker; Gordon Asher
Subject: SSC curriculum stuff -- to the wider group

Hi all!

I'm very sorry if you have already received an email like this, but it's
been pointed out that I was using the list of only people who came to the
meeting on Friday and not the wider group of everyone who's expressed an
interest in being involved in curriculum development (so to speak). Let's
use this list to keep in touch and please forward to anyone you think is not
on it but should be. Thanks in advance for your patience; steps in learning
how to work together.

I'm sending a copy of the notes from last Friday's meeting, which I will
also post to the SSC website for others to see, and a suggestion for
Saturday's workshop. The latter has been revised after some really
thoughtful comments from Zoraida and Peter Somerville, around (1) the
importance of recommending a starting point in learners' expectations and
social concerns, (2) the importance of clarifying what we mean by 'themes',
and (3) the importance of highlighting questions about evaluation (of
learning journeys and of our own practices of working cooperatively). 

I'm planning to send this out to the whole group by Friday, unless I hear
otherwise, and it can be revised until then!

The workshop will involve smaller group discussions - does anyone else fancy
facilitating or co-facilitating one?

All best,
Sarah





On Wed 13/06/12 15:45, "Heather Hughes" botlenyanahughes at yahoo.co.uk
wrote:
> Sorry all; got Sarah's details wrong, so please use this list as the 
> accurate one... Heather
> 
> 









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