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Pessimism of the Intellect; Optimism of the will

Pessimism of the Intellect; Optimism of the will. Values and Principles in the Maelstrom. “I’m a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.” Antonio Gramsci Letter from Prison, 19 December 1929 (attributed by him to Romain Rolland). Outline of the talk.

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Pessimism of the Intellect; Optimism of the will

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  1. Pessimism of the Intellect; Optimism of the will Values and Principles in the Maelstrom

  2. “I’m a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.” Antonio Gramsci Letter from Prison, 19 December 1929 (attributed by him to Romain Rolland)

  3. Outline of the talk Do not leave at the low point. We’ll finish higher than we started. Optimism Pessimism

  4. Is there a problem?

  5. Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny

  6. Finding the community

  7. Ofsted Rigour or simplicity?

  8. The thoughts of Michael Gove

  9. Coalition policies • Abolish BSF • Cut repairs budget • Abandon academic Diplomas • Make iGCSEs available to all • Remove Contextual Value Added • Narrow the range of qualifications scoring in school league tables • Remove academic/vocational equivalences and sharpen the distinction • Remove the relationship between curriculum time and equivalence • Target different populations for academisation • Remove early and repeated entry; introduce terminal rules • Remove modularisation • Remove Education Maintenance Allowance • Introduce English Baccalaureate • Introduce Technical Baccalaureate • Introduce Free Schools • Increase university tuition fees • Intensify GCSE filter (e.g. English Speaking and Listening)

  10. Recognition Filter

  11. Assessing what?

  12. Future shock

  13. Life is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

  14. I don't know, I'll never know, in the silence you don't know, you must go on, I can't go on, I'll go on.

  15. "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts."

  16. “Self” as a verb

  17. Institutional optimism

  18. Professionalism • Professional “capital” and network energy • Practitioner inquiry • The Irreducibles: plan/teach/mark • Planning: interpretation and subversion • Teaching: • Routines and relationships • Incremental and recursive learning • Critical events, paradigm shifts, quantum leaps • Marking: the joys of feedback

  19. Is there a code? • Integrity • Courage • Benevolence • Respect • Honesty • Honour • Loyalty

  20. ends and means

  21. References • Beckett, Samuel (1953/2010) The Unnameable, London: Faber and Faber • Downes, Miss (1963) “Just tell stories, Alan”, verbal reassurance • Gramsci, Antonio (1971/1981) Selections from the Prison Notebooks, London: Lawrence and Wishart • Hattie, John and Timperley, Helen (2007) “The Power of Feedback”, Review of Educational Research, March 2007, Vol. 77, No. 1, pp. 81–112 • Home Office (1999), The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry: Report of an Inquiry by Sir William Macpherson of Cluny • Huxley, Aldous (1937) Ends and Means (an Enquiry Into the Nature of Ideals and Into the Methods Employed for Their Realization), London: Chatto and Windus • Toffler, Alvin (1970) Future Shock, New York: Random House • Waters, Mick (2013) The Future of Schooling, opening address to a discussion in the House of Commons, 15th April 2013 – available from http://gallery.mailchimp.com/b6ae2908dbc54b8b8b526cdea/files/The_Future_of_Schooling_Mick_Waters.pdf

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