A Pilgrim’s Progress Report #3

Oh dear! I do not seem to be doing well with these progress reports. It’s been almost 12 months since  my last Pilgrim’s Progress Report! Previously on Pilgrim’s Progress… As I had previously noted, 2017 was the year where most of my writing was going to take place. It culminated in a succession of first […]

A Pilgrim’s Progress Report #2

Oh my, it has been 7 months since my last blog post and 19 months since my last Pilgrim’s Progress Report! The Road to Hell… I had the best of intentions for using this blog to record my progress. Instead, I have kept a private journal (in Microsoft Word) of everything that has been happening […]

In the Shadow of the TEF

It has been quite a while since I have written a blog post. A lot has been happening EdD wise. My data collection activities kicked off in December 2015 and will soon draw to a close in July 2016 (fingers, toes and everything else crossed), I will write a future blog post about that. Suffice […]

Epistemic Fireflies

As mentioned in my previous post, I had arranged a Supervisory Meeting on Friday 19 June 2015 to meet up with my two supervisors, Dr Simon Hayhoe and Dr Darren Ambrose, to discuss moving the project forward in terms of the ethics application and looking at ways of working together. About the research study At […]

A Pilgrim’s Progress Report #1

But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange (Shakespeare, 1610, The Tempest, Act 1, Scene 2) I was originally going to call this blog post Xenophobia, as in an irrational fear or dislike of the unknown. Unfortunately, it has since become a highly emotive word to describe certain discriminatory practices and inflammatory language. […]

The Character of Academic Teaching Staff

It’s been a while since I have written anything about my Doctorate in Education (EdD) work. I’m going to leave that particular post until next week after I have had my meeting with my supervisors. I do, however, like to write about something that is related to it. To recap, my research will focus around […]