December 2016, Volume 9, Issue 2

December 2013 we wrote,
“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.” — Nelson Mandela

We are trying to make such a difference through EJOLTs by developing our democratic ways of creating together and sharing accounts of living-theory research and projects. We hope as you engage with the contents you find something of use in your own endeavours to contribute to the flourishing of humanity and feel inspired to work with us to create and contribute an account of your own living-theory research to EJOLTs.

We are developing other opportunities for making public Living Theory research and projects in the form of living-posters. Curious? Visit the home page of the living-posters to see those already being offered and learn how to contribute your own.
Finally, there are two conferences that members of our community are helping to organise. In June there is the 1st Global Assembly for Knowledge Democracy and in October the 42nd annual conference of the ATEE (Association for Teacher Education in Europe). We hope that you might be able to have a presence at these, and other conferences, through your living-poster even if you are not able to participate in person.

Contents:

Editorial Foreword (pp. i-vi)

Jack Whitehead

Papers

Integrating personal, political, and professional educational practice that gives meaning and purpose to my life and work (pp. 1-23)

Marie Huxtable

The influence of Action Research and Living Educational Theory on my life’s work as an educator (pp. 24-37)

Pip Bruce Ferguson

A living-theory pedagogy for postgraduate distance learning education (pp. 38-59)

Peter Mellett

Creating My Own Living-Theory: An Autoethnographic-soulful Inquiry (pp. 60-85)

Sadruddin Bahadur Qutoshi

Book reviews

de Sousa Santos, B. (2014). Epistemologies of the South: Justice against Epistemicide. London: Paradigm Publishers. (pp. 87-98)

Jack Whitehead

Frankl, V. E. (1984). Man’s Search for Meaning Revised and Updated. New York: Washington Square Press. (pp. 99-102)

Sonia Hutchison

Living-theory theses and dissertations

Review of Marie Huxtable’s doctoral thesis, ‘How do I Evolve Living-Educational-Theory Praxis in Livingboundaries?’ (pp. 103-106)

Jack Whitehead

Review of Sadruddin Bahadur Qutoshi's doctoral thesis, ‘Creating Living-Educational-Theory: A Journey Towards Transformative Teacher Education in Pakistan.’ (pp. 107-109)

Jack Whitehead