tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post114233560505241008..comments2023-10-15T10:29:12.991+01:00Comments on Karyn's erratic learning journey: International Women's Edublogging Day - my viewsThe upsychohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06345558899662051670noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-1142422939179318242006-03-15T11:42:00.000+00:002006-03-15T11:42:00.000+00:00Hum, I guess it depends on your definition of equa...Hum, I guess it depends on your definition of equality - if you regard it as synonymous with homogeneity, your argument makes sense. I've very much in favour of celebrating and supporting difference, rather than reducing heterogeneity to normative models and values.Josie Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14075904557654980265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-1142420347279193602006-03-15T10:59:00.000+00:002006-03-15T10:59:00.000+00:00Perhaps I over-emphasised the sporting allegory. I...Perhaps I over-emphasised the sporting allegory. I didn't mean to imply that blogging, or indeed education, was about competition or winning and losing. What I did mean to emphasise was that it was about participation. <BR/><BR/>Since no special dispensation is required to improve the validity of any one subset's contributions, I still feel that to focus on a particular subset (whatever it may be) is to create unnecessary distinctions and take a step backwards in the move towards equality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14184878.post-1142370482195648652006-03-14T21:08:00.000+00:002006-03-14T21:08:00.000+00:00I’m more than happy to promote women role models w...I’m more than happy to promote women role models within the seriously un-gender balanced fields of science and technology. <BR/><BR/>You obviously disagree, but for me, championing the work of women edubloggers in no way conflicts with the interests of edubloggers as a whole, nor does it distract in any way from the achievements of men. I’m puzzled that you think that one thing necessitates the other. It isn’t after all a competition (although you phrase your whole post in terms of winners and losers - a ‘playing field’ existing mysteriously outside of socio-economic and political realities) – surely it’s a question of promoting good practice in education?Josie Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14075904557654980265noreply@blogger.com