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SEDA Writing Retreat
13 September 2012
- 14 September 2012
Location: Holland House, Cropthorne, Worcestershire
A
common frustration for SEDA members is finding quiet time to write for
publication. In response to members’ requests this retreat will provide a quiet
and beautiful space for new and more experienced writers keen to complete
writing for publication or conferences. Set in beautiful gardens on the
edge of the River Avon, the black and white timbered Tudor buildings of Holland
House offer a ‘safe space’ where you are encouraged to feel at home and gain
that dedicated writing time free from the usual distractions with support from
a facilitator. Holland House offers unobtrusive hospitality in a unique,
homely, and quirky setting. These two days will be about you and your writing.
You won’t be interrupted but support will be available as will opportunities to
share issues and ideas, including walks
through the local countryside.
The aim of the retreat is to provide an opportunity to
complete a piece of writing or conference contribution that is in the
development stage. For this reason participants are asked to identify their
writing task on registration. Once your place is confirmed you will be asked to
submit further details of the proposed project.
All participants will have their own comfortable but
fairly basic room with a bed and desk, some with beautiful views over the River
Avon valley. Participants will need to bring a lap top computer. All meals are
included and are home-cooked. Holland House has its own small library, meeting
rooms for those who want to write in company and a cosy lounge where we can
gather in the evening after our meal to talk about our writing. Please be aware
that there is limited internet connection with none in the bedrooms.
Facilitator
Anna Jones is Reader in Education at the Centre for Research in
Lifelong Learning at Glasgow Caledonian University. Before that she worked at King’s College
London and at the University of Melbourne.
Her research interests include graduate attributes, disciplinary
cultures in higher education, theorising academic development, academic
practice, medical education and the role of higher education in society. She has extensive experience in both teaching
and academic development. She has published in a range of journals including
Studies in Higher Education, Teaching in Higher Education, HERDSA, IJAD, IETI,
London Review of Education, Journal of Further and Higher Education as well as
chapters in edited books. While she often finds writing a struggle and spends
many days just sitting at her desk kicking the wall, it is something she loves
doing and that she finds greatly rewarding.
Refereed
Articles
Jones, A. (2012) There is nothing
generic about graduate attributes: unpacking the scope of context. Journal of Further and Higher Education
Wells,
H., Jones, A. and Jones, S. Teaching Reluctant Students: Using the Principles
and Techniques of Motivational Interviewing to Foster Better Student-Teacher
Interactions. (forthcoming) Innovations
in Education and Teaching International
Jones, A. (2011) Seeing the messiness of
academic practice: Exploring the work of academics through narrative, International Journal for Academic
Development 16 (2)
Jones, A. (2010) Not some shrink-wrapped
beautiful package: Using poetry to
explore academic life Teaching in Higher
Education, 15(5) 591-606
Jones, A. (2010) Examining the public
face of academic development, International
Journal for Academic Development 15(3) 241-251
Jones, A. (2010) Generic attributes in
accounting: the significance of the disciplinary context. Accounting
Education 19(1 & 2 )
2010, 5 - 21
Jones, A. (2009) Re-disciplining generic
attributes: the disciplinary context in focus, Studies in Higher Education, 34(1) 85-100
Jones, A. (2009) Generic attributes as
espoused theory: the importance of context, Higher
Education, 58(2) 175-191
Jones, A (2007) Looking over our
shoulders: critical thinking and ontological insecurity in higher education. London Review of Education 5(3) 209-222
Jones, A. (2007) ‘Multiplicities and
Manna from Heaven’ Australian Journal of
Education, 51(1) 84-103.
Jones, A. (2005) ‘Culture and Context’:
Critical thinking and student learning in introductory macroeconomics’ Studies in Higher Education
Jones, A. (2004) ‘Teaching Critical
Thinking: An investigation of a task in introductory macroeconomics’ Higher Education Research and Development
Jones, A (1995) ‘Knowledge and Power: Literacy
and the ESL Student’, Fine Print,
Spring 1995
Jones, I. H. & Jones, A. (1988)
‘Psychological Consequences of Armed Hold-Up’ Australian Family Physician, June.
Jones, A (1986-87) ‘Legends and Losers:
An Analysis of Power in College’ Melbourne
Journal of Politics
Book Chapters
Jones, A. (2011) Generic attributes in
accounting, in B. Jackling, K. Watty & R. Wilson, Personal Transferable Skills in Accounting Education, London:
Routledge
Peseta, T., Manathunga, C., Jones A.
(2010), Academic Development: An interdisciplinary space for higher education, in M. Davies and M. Devlin and M.
Tight, Interdisciplinary Higher
Education: Principles and Practicalities. International Perspectives on
Higher Education Research Volume 5., Bingley: Emerald Working
Papers
Gribble, J., Meyer, L. & Jones, A. (2003) ‘Quantifying
and Assessing Learning Objectives’ Centre for Actuarial Studies Research
Paper # 112 November
Jones, A. (1999) ‘The Asian Learner: An
Overview of Approaches to Learning’ Teaching
and Learning Unit Working Paper,
August. [a1] I’d prefer to allow people to wite in the
ways that suit them best.
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