tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29868932.post1634314467744518038..comments2024-02-14T22:50:48.749+10:30Comments on Bill Kerr: the battle for the high moral ground of educationBill Kerrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00206808014093631762noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29868932.post-83936694230748700282010-09-30T09:45:00.890+09:302010-09-30T09:45:00.890+09:30hi tom,
In the thread your comments went well beyo...hi tom,<br />In the thread your comments went well beyond "raising consciousness", you were drawing battle lines and making comparisons with Hitler's invasion of the USSR<br /><br />Brian was being more realistic and pointing out the current reality on the shop floor, that most primary teachers are scared. I'm a bit too far away to know the actual reality but no one did contradict Brian's assertions and wmchamberlain's reply comments tended to confirm them<br /><br />Some comments on the thread were more staking out a polemical position, the way things ought to be, the way I wish things were, than actually analysing the forces at play. I think your comments there and Gary's too were doing that (some others too from different perspectives). Other comments were more reporting on reality, such as Brian.<br /><br />I thought Scott's 6 random thoughts was one of the few attempts to actually analyse the real forces at play, in embryonic fashion.Bill Kerrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00206808014093631762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29868932.post-41983799552581091762010-09-29T21:49:03.428+09:302010-09-29T21:49:03.428+09:30I would just note that, as Brian also commented, t...I would just note that, as Brian also commented, the vast majority of teachers in the US is just not engaged in this debate at all right now. The union's response even is equivocal. So it isn't *really* like we have to mobilize a mass social movement, just raising consciousness among teachers would be a big help.Tom Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08577165613934129833noreply@blogger.com