tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705597984305720548.post527055750164527293..comments2008-04-09T14:09:05.811-07:00Comments on Ætherture: Group Critical Theory Assignment CriteriaDr. Stephen Ogdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16765689515656935339noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8705597984305720548.post-86117310718324946252008-02-06T15:53:00.000-08:002008-02-06T15:53:00.000-08:00Kia ora from New Zealand, I just found you through...Kia ora from New Zealand,<BR/><BR/> <BR/>I just found you through my Google Alerts for Critical Theory and Critical Pedagogy. I have read your material and enjoyed what I found. I think that you may enjoy my own website – which you are free to use as a resource. I am a retired academic with more than 40 years teaching Architecture at the top Universities on three continents (the UK, U. C. Berkeley and U. of Auckland, New Zealand). I have a PhD in Architecture – specialising in the interface between design education and critical theory/critical pedagogy. I am writing because I thought you might find my own website useful. I have a distinguished teaching Award from the University of Auckland (where I taught for 20 years), and for the last five years served as Director of Academic Programme Development at Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi, (one of three Maori Universities) in New Zealand where I also taught Critical Education Theory and Cultural Studies. This gave me a unique perspective on issues of Colonisation, Education and Cultural Pluralism and Critical Pedagogy. I retired a year ago and have set up the website as an educational resource, covering issues such as:<BR/><BR/>Critical Theory<BR/>Critical Theorists <BR/>Critical Practice (Praxis)<BR/>Critical Pedagogy<BR/>Critical Education Theory<BR/>Colonisation <BR/>Postcolonialism<BR/>Postmodernism<BR/>Indigenous Studies<BR/>Critical Psychology<BR/>Cultural Studies<BR/>Critical Aesthetics<BR/>Hegemony,<BR/>Academic Programme Development<BR/>Sustainable Design<BR/>Critical Design etc. etc.<BR/><BR/> <BR/>The website (URL available from Profile or by email contact due to Blogger restrictions on HTML tags) contains more than 60) downloadable and fully illustrated PDFs on all of these topics and more - offered absolutely free to students from the primer level, up to PhD. It also has a set of extensive bibliographies and related web links in all of these areas. <BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>I would be very grateful if you would have a look at the website and perhaps bring it to the attention of your friends and colleagues for them to use as a resource. <BR/><BR/>There is no catch! <BR/><BR/>It’s just that I believe the world is going to hell at an unimaginable rate and I want to do something to help to turn it around – for my five children and my grandchildren All that I ask in return, is that you and they let me know what you think about the website and cite me for any material that may be downloaded and/or used. <BR/><BR/>I would also appreciate a reciprocal link to my site from your own so that others may come to know about it and use it.<BR/><BR/>Many thanks<BR/><BR/>Dr. Tony Ward Dip.Arch. (Birm)<BR/>Academic Programme, Tertiary Education and Sustainable Design Consultant<BR/><BR/>(Ph) (07) 307 2245<BR/>(m) 027 22 66 563<BR/>(e) tonyward.transform@xtra.co.nzTony Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12212006367701601938noreply@blogger.com