What is joyful practice and why do we need to be paying more attention to how we make it happen? It’s a consternation to me that my boundaried and disciplined work around joy is sometimes dismissed as “fluffy” (only by people who have not experienced my incisive questioning and radical candour, I might add).
I’ve been getting really interested in levers for systems (and, consequently, culture) change in FE. Properly harnessed, practitioner research can be one, which is why I’m a huge supporter of Research Further. The Thinking Environment - my practice of nearly three decades - is another (You can take a look at a brilliant case study of Thinking Environment culture change at Kirklees College here). Community is a third; it operates best pan-organisationally, keeping colleges refreshed with ideas. And joy is the fourth.
