MY CV IS MY CURRICULUM: THE MAKING OF AN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATOR WITH SPIRITUAL VALUES?
Ed.D. University of Bath
Abstract
Ram Punia
2004 (Graduated from the University of Bath, July 2004)
This autobiographical self-study presents my living educational theory of lifelong learning as an international educator with spiritual values including belief in cosmic unity, continuous professional development for personal and social development of life in general. The landscape of knowledge includes India, UK, Singapore, Hong Kong, Fiji, Samoa and Mauritius in several roles including a lecturer, teacher trainer, change agent in curriculum, staff, school development, a training technologist in corporate learning and a student in the University of Bath.
A living educational theory approach begins by asking questions of the kind, how do I improve my work? Practitioners produce accounts of their learning. A living educational theory is living in two ways: people and their theory changes as a result of learning and they are living what they learn. New knowledge emerges in the process. A useful epistemology of lifelong learning of an international educator has emerged from this inquiry.
Taking responsibility for my roles and contextualising problems and solutions to problems to match the contexts were the essential dimensions of my lifelong experiential learning. These dimensions originated from my spiritual belief in cosmic unity of life and ethical aims of education.
The originality of my contribution to the knowledge base in the living educational theory approach to action research is how I integrated my spiritual and ethical values with technical knowledge to enhance the quality of my professional development and the development of technical and vocational education in the international context.
CONTENTS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Content Page Dedication,
Acknowledgements, Table of Contents, Appendices, 3-8
Chapter 1. The Inquiry
Problem, its significance and the conceptual Framework. 9
Chapter 2. The Research
Methodology. 25
Chapter 3. The Making of a Lecturer at the Singapore Polytechnic (1965-68)
and the Sheffield Polytechnic (1968-71). 33
Chapter 4. The Making
of a Teacher Trainer (Hong Kong 1971-81). 42
Chapter 5. The Making
of a Consultant/ Advisor in Curriculum and Staff Development ( Fiji Institute
of Technology 1981-86). 59
Chapter 6. The Making
of a Consultant/ Advisor in Institute Development (Western Samoa Technical
Institute 1986-1990). 73
Chapter 7. The Making
of a Consultant in Human Resource Development (Mauritius 1992-97). 85
Chapter 8. The Making of a Doctor of Education (1998-2000). 101
Chapter 9. The Emerging
Transformative Educator University of Bath (2000-4). 113
Chapter 10. My Epistemology of Practice & an Emergent Living Educational
Theory. 124
References 140
The Appendices containing copies of original documents are in the original Ed.D. Thesis in the Library of the University of Bath.
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