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I have had a wonderful opportunity to explore personal learning in my new role at the University of Canberra. There are so many colleagues at the University keen to discuss and explore learning and there is a vast array of forums in which to engage. Last week I attended a Gaggle (“an orderly and [...]

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Following on from the earlier posts about Judging Canoe Slalom, here is a short test of C1M judging.
The video was taken from the top bridge at the Penrith Whitewater Course, Australia. There are four gates in the video. it is in m4v format. It may need to play all the way through on some computers [...]

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I believe there are enormous similarities between coaching and conducting. In this post I would like to explore these similarities.
Some years ago I sat enchanted whilst I watched Leonard Bernstein’s The Love of Three Orchestras (1986). It was a ninety-minute video with excerpts from rehearsals and concerts. In it Leonard Bernstein talks about his career [...]

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A few weeks ago (1 August) I found an obituary of Merce Cunningham written by David Vaughan. I was reading the Canberra Times but have discovered that the Obituary appeared in The Guardian on 27 July.
David Vaughan worked with Merce Cunningham since 1959. His obituary is sensitive and rich in information. Here are some [...]

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Narrative

Some years ago I read Donald Polkinhorne’s Narrative Knowing and the Human Sciences (1988). The book focused my interest in narrative that was emerging during my PhD studies and led me to some fascinating discussions in anthropological discourse.
Since starting this blog I have become more and more interested in the process of writing and a [...]

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