The auto-bottom-disappearing I was referring to is the way in which academics seem to feel compelled to explain what they're talking about in a way that is incomprehensible to mere humans. I think it renders the value of the auto-bottom-disappearing in the other sense (academia per se) much lesser because it is so impenetrable to the people who could benefit from it.
I do know what you meant - and to be fair to this lot (people who wrote papers on theory of education for a conference) very few of them are being wilfully obscure. In fact, I've been able to pinch a lot of their ideas to apply to my own teaching. They just can't flipping write.
Except, ironically, the guy whose paper I took the photo of. His paper is a marvel of lucidity and clarity. And he's Swedish, so no one else has any excuse.
Heh - no slagging off the university in the deleted comment, just mentioning its name and the name of the conference. And it's just the writers I wanna be free to take the piss out of.
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Re: Suggested amends
Date: 2007-06-12 08:05 pm (UTC)Not all academics, of course.
Re: Suggested amends
Date: 2007-06-12 08:11 pm (UTC)Except, ironically, the guy whose paper I took the photo of. His paper is a marvel of lucidity and clarity. And he's Swedish, so no one else has any excuse.
Re: Suggested amends
Date: 2007-06-12 08:22 pm (UTC)I have edited some great education writers. And some terrible ones.
Which university?
Re: Suggested amends
Date: 2007-06-12 08:37 pm (UTC)Re: Suggested amends
Date: 2007-06-12 09:04 pm (UTC)Re: Suggested amends
Date: 2007-06-12 09:54 pm (UTC)Though, mind you, that seems to have been enough!
Re: Suggested amends
Date: 2007-06-12 10:15 pm (UTC)Re: Suggested amends
Date: 2007-06-12 09:44 pm (UTC)