http://inpractice.edublogs.org/2007/10/08/your-qualifications-please/ Theory is nice, but we are working in practice... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:48:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://inpractice.edublogs.org/2007/10/08/your-qualifications-please/#comment-80 LindaH Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:21:30 +0000 http://inpractice.edublogs.org/2007/10/08/your-qualifications-please/#comment-80 You made me choke on my coffee- lol! Yep, we've all met 'consultants' and 'experts' who wouldn't last 5 minutes in a 'challenging' classroom. The thing I love about blogging is that it flattened those hierarchies. I reserve my respect for those who 'do', those who understand that the classroom is a complex adaptive system where the connection between theory and practice is often tenuous and those who 'get' the importance of facilitating the making of connections both between teachers and pupils. You made me choke on my coffee- lol! Yep, we’ve all met ‘consultants’ and ‘experts’ who wouldn’t last 5 minutes in a ‘challenging’ classroom.
The thing I love about blogging is that it flattened those hierarchies. I reserve my respect for those who ‘do’, those who understand that the classroom is a complex adaptive system where the connection between theory and practice is often tenuous and those who ‘get’ the importance of facilitating the making of connections both between teachers and pupils.

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