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MathsMA:

weebecka:

If you see I was actually teaching in the UK at that time - I did this teaching during trips to the Middle East - so it was demonstration lesson and so on rather than employment.  This teaching was part of my project brief for the British Council where I was working with the Ministry for Education in Jordan.

So now we're merely talking about demonstration lessons on ad hoc basis! That's somewhat different to what you inferring in your posts above about your "wealth of experience" in Middle Eastern schools (similarly your Little Beetles role & experiences would appear to be at odds with your earlier claims).

I'm happy to provide context for the purpose of enhancing a discussion, but clearly that's not happening here. 

I could defend myself on each point one at a time, 

for example here I was teaching Jordanian students in state schools in front of their teachers, who afterwards got to critically analyse what I was doing (and boy were they sharp).  Following this we would spend time together, getting to know each other and chatting about the realities of their teaching, their constraints and their aspirations.

I find this kind of teaching more illuminating that working for a while in an expat school.

But the negative twisting and the accusations are coming too thick and fast to be compatible with an interesting thread MathsMA.

So to abridge my need to work with them all, could I perhaps instead suggest that you celebrate Christmas by having an anal encounter with your festive tree, which I hope has a nice sharp pointy star on top.

You can have your Xmas pressie early weebee.   We all chipped in.

weebee's potential pictorial revenge:

DM:

weebee's potential pictorial revenge:

MathsMA:

I'm not attempting an ad hominem attack here

Good good. Look MathsMA.  I just can't give you the level of details you're demanding here.  It's inappropriate.  I'm happy to meet your or others and discuss this kind of thing in an appropriate way.  I'm not covering anything up - I think in the first thread here I was very clear that I'd been HOD in a small school.  I've not been misrepresenting things.  Again, like Jordan I chose it deliberately because being head of a small dept. give you a great deal of freedom to change things rapidly and for other reasons we could discuss face to face.

If you don't want to meet me, stop having a go because I can't give the level of detail you want here, so it's pointless.  Yes my CV is slighty fragmented, but there are sensible and appropriate reasons for that.

Heaven knows why on earth you think my profile is incorrect.  It's far more detailed and open than anyone else here and it's just as it is.  Again, it's just totally inappropriate to write things like that.  If there's one specific thing that doesn't seem right then mention it, or better still PM me so that it doesn't spam up the thread and I can reassure you.

MathsMA:

If Boaler blustered on to this forum in the way

I did invite Jo Boaler up to do observations at Ehenside, but sadly it just wasn't possible before it shut.  She's a long way from here and she was working with a different focus at the time.  It was a shame because I don't think she really understands the impact braodband has had on the practicalities of integrating curriculum-orientated and process-orientated curricula.

I'm not looking to win an argument with you based on my back-record MathsMA or to overwhelm you with my credibility.  My resume isn't there to do that, just give people an idea of my range of experience so I don't have to start from scratch whenever someone new joins the discussion.  On most forums you're required to provide this sort of stuff because discussion is so much easier if you just click on a poster to get a good idea of 'where they're coming from'. 

I've no interest whatsoever in arguments being won because one poster 'is better' than the other.  I'm just interested in exploring the issues - with anyone who wants to talk about them.