Phil Wood

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Professor of Education at Nottingham Trent University interested in change, complexity and process philosophy.

Ideas and reflections on my website www.aprocessview.com

Phil WoodNov 24, 2022
New Post: what is a process? https://www.aprocessview.com/blog---general-musings-on-change/what-is-a-process
What is a process?

Processes are the central elements of a processual metaphysics. But how can they be defined? A definition is given by Rescher (1996: 38); ‘A process is a coordinated group of changes in the...

An Exploration into Educational Change
Show threadPhil WoodNov 22, 2022

@Mr_n_wood @RjSmith

Hi, yep, that's me. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help

Phil WoodNov 21, 2022
I love this painting by Marcel Jean. It's a great way of capturing the complexity of trying to carry out research. We're only ever able to see parts/glimpses of the issues we're interested in - we have to extrapolate, and the things we're interested in are in constant processes of emergence and change. Finally, the more approaches we use in a design, the more portals we open to glimpse our areas of interest.
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@SuzanneCulshaw I think it's a difficult one. I've had a bit of a love hate relationship with SM, but probably due to using Twitter where really great discussions can get drowned out by certain vociferous voices. But when I thought about it, the good, the feeling of being part of a network of interesting people, and the ability to share my own work outweighs that. Also, have found the people I've contected with here are really interesting - very different vibe.
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@SuzanneCulshaw for any particular reason Suzanne?
Phil WoodNov 20, 2022

'Change is the ongoing consequence of tangles of linear and/or non-linear processes

This definition focuses towards a metaphysics of flow and process, and away from substance, and at the same time identifies and allows for simple/complicated/complex and chaotic changes. It also points towards the idea that change is ubiquitous.

In education this means that we need to understand our area of interest very differently in terms of practice, policy, theory/philosophy and research design.

Phil WoodNov 8, 2022
Kate WallNov 8, 2022

Can the ECF really fix our perpetual retention crisis?

No. And that shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone working in teacher education (in school or HE). As this article states, the one-size-fits-all approach is inherently problematic for students and mentors, although the day of teachers in the framework is seen positively and should be incorporated as we go forward.

https://schoolsweek.co.uk/can-the-ecf-really-fix-our-perpetual-retention-crisis/

The ECF can be improved but retention is an unlikely result

A new report sheds light on the early career framework's year one performance, writes Becky Allen, but we may have to rethink the measure of its success

Schools Week
Show threadPhil WoodNov 8, 2022
@Kate_Wall my daughter.is in to her second year as an ECT. She has found it incredibly patronising and generally of little use as a primary teacher where the narrow focus.on cognitive science is really not particularly useful!!
Phil WoodNov 8, 2022
As English school education continues to adopt the language and processes of applied cognitive science, does it risk a severe process of complexity reduction? Do we need to retain a more holistic view of learning such as that outlined by the work of Knud Illeris, seeing learning as not only cognitive, but also emotional and social.
Phil WoodNov 7, 2022
'I can imagine a set of beings which might fortify their souls by passively reviewing disconnected ideas. Humanity is not built that way - except perhaps some editors of newspapers.' Whitehead (1929). Has modularisation of HE led to a lack of synthesis and holistic understanding?