Month: December 2019

Reflecting on reading and watching plays – the case of Bertolt Brecht focusing on having booked to see ‘Mrs Puntila and Her Man Matti’ At the Lyceum Edinburgh (a version by Denise Mina).

December 31, 2019

Reflecting on reading and watching  plays – the case of Bertolt Brecht focusing on having booked to see Mrs Puntila and Her Man Matti At the Lyceum Edinburgh (a version by Denise Mina), March 21st 2020. And having now read (for the first time) Brecht, B. (tr. Willet, J.) [1987] Mr Puntila and His Man … More Reflecting on reading and watching plays – the case of Bertolt Brecht focusing on having booked to see ‘Mrs Puntila and Her Man Matti’ At the Lyceum Edinburgh (a version by Denise Mina).

Reflecting on images tweeted by Somerled of their own art. With thanks to Somerled. @Sumarlidh

December 29, 2019

Reflecting on the images tweeted by Somerled of their own art. With thanks to Somerled. ‘Bishop Nicholas of Myra, Asia Minor (270-343AD). Known as the “Wonderworker”, Nicolas, a secret gift-giver, is patron saint of sailors, repentant thieves, merchants, archers, brewers, pawnbrokers, students, prostitutes, and children,’ is how Somerled describes the subject of their drawing which … More Reflecting on images tweeted by Somerled of their own art. With thanks to Somerled. @Sumarlidh

Reblog: Stahl (2006) on Group Cognition

December 23, 2019

Stahl (2006) on Group Cognition Monday, 17 Aug 2015, 19:42Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Monday, 17 Aug 2015, 19:44 Figure 1: Stahl (2006:237) diagram of the Cycle of knowing Stahl’s model of the cycle of knowing or ‘group cognition’ shows the necessary and intrinsic link between the processes of ‘personal knowing’ and … More Reblog: Stahl (2006) on Group Cognition

Reblogging some old reflections on openness in teaching and learning at @OpenUniversity

December 23, 2019

Activity 11: Little OERs – creativity, scholarship, teaching and learning Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016, 16:46Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016, 21:59– Edited by Steve Bamlett, Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016, 16:47 I don’t want to even try and juggle with the big – little OER binary in Weller (2012, 2016) … More Reblogging some old reflections on openness in teaching and learning at @OpenUniversity

Rebogging Reflections on the limits of ‘social presence’ in best-practice teaching online: MOOCS and everyday life in a Northern Cluster

December 23, 2019

H817 Activity 12, Block 2: MOOCS and everyday life in a Northern Cluster Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016, 20:33Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016, 20:40 H817 Activity 12, Block 2: MOOCS and everyday life in a Northern Cluster The reading here was useful and interesting and I found myself … More Rebogging Reflections on the limits of ‘social presence’ in best-practice teaching online: MOOCS and everyday life in a Northern Cluster

Reblog: Sian Bayne (2015)* on Teacherbot – what is teaching?

December 23, 2019

Bayne (2015)* on Teacherbot Thursday, 17 Dec 2015, 19:12Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Wednesday, 23 Dec 2015, 19:38– Edited by Steve Bamlett, Thursday, 17 Dec 2015, 19:19 Sian Bayne and the Edinburgh’s school’s newest publication is both an extension of her application of postmodernist accounts of ‘p-leisure’ in the work of learning … More Reblog: Sian Bayne (2015)* on Teacherbot – what is teaching?

A Highlight in Modern Scottish Storytelling: Steve’s 2016 Bookers: Graeme Macrae Burnet HIS BLOODY PROJECT

December 23, 2019

Steve’s Bookers: Graeme Macrae Burnet HIS BLOODY PROJECT Wednesday, 10 Aug 2016, 21:23Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Thursday, 11 Aug 2016, 06:28– Edited by Steve Bamlett, Wednesday, 10 Aug 2016, 21:30 No-one who truly loved reading could dislike this book. It bespeaks the writer in their most professional mode. Indeed I think … More A Highlight in Modern Scottish Storytelling: Steve’s 2016 Bookers: Graeme Macrae Burnet HIS BLOODY PROJECT

Can male fertility-anxiety make a novel? Steve’s 2016 Bookers – Wyl Menmuir THE MANY

December 23, 2019

Steve’s Bookers – Wyl Menmuir THE MANY Friday, 12 Aug 2016, 20:44Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Friday, 12 Aug 2016, 20:45 This was a strange choice for the Booker Longlist. It opens as with echoes of The Wicker Man – ordinary ‘urban’ middle class couple enter a remote fishing village. One expects their … More Can male fertility-anxiety make a novel? Steve’s 2016 Bookers – Wyl Menmuir THE MANY

On reading racism and self: Steve’s 2016 Bookers: Paul Beatty THE SELLOUT

December 23, 2019

Steve’s Bookers: Paul Beatty THE SELLOUT Tuesday, 9 Aug 2016, 15:01Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Tuesday, 9 Aug 2016, 15:06 This is difficult, because despite my total agreement with the critical positivity surrounding this book, I found it hard to read. That may be, I think, either because I have a … More On reading racism and self: Steve’s 2016 Bookers: Paul Beatty THE SELLOUT

On false Christmases: Steve’s 2016 Bookers: Ottessa Mossfegh EILEEN

December 23, 2019

Steve’s Bookers: Ottessa Mossfegh EILEEN Thursday, 11 Aug 2016, 20:06Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Thursday, 11 Aug 2016, 20:07 Sometimes you come across a novel so stunning that words fail you. This is such a novel. It can’t be said to be a joy to read – it has that quality … More On false Christmases: Steve’s 2016 Bookers: Ottessa Mossfegh EILEEN

Steve’s Bookers 2016– Ian McGuire THE NORTH WATER

December 23, 2019

Steve’s Bookers – Ian McGuire THE NORTH WATER Thursday, 18 Aug 2016, 13:58Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Thursday, 18 Aug 2016, 14:02– Edited by Steve Bamlett, Thursday, 18 Aug 2016, 14:01 Following a 2nd read of this novel, I still want to predict a winner, although its nearest rival must be Eileen. The book … More Steve’s Bookers 2016– Ian McGuire THE NORTH WATER

Steve’s Bookers 2016 – J.M. Coetzee THE SCHOOLDAYS OF JESUS (TSOJ).

December 23, 2019

Steve’s Bookers – J.M. Coetzee THE SCHOOLDAYS OF JESUS (TSOJ). For review of third book in trilogy use this link: https://stevebamlett.home.blog/2020/01/01/reflecting-on-the-death-of-jesus-2020-by-j-m-coetzee-london-harvill-secker-the-third-and-final-book-of-his-jesus-trilogy/ Friday, 26 Aug 2016, 10:53Visible to anyone in the world- Edited by Steve Bamlett, Friday, 26 Aug 2016, 11:06 I have read every Coetzee novel as it appeared but I cannot find, as recent reviewers … More Steve’s Bookers 2016 – J.M. Coetzee THE SCHOOLDAYS OF JESUS (TSOJ).