I keep going on about the dangers of passion.
I offered my arguments for plod over passion awhile back. Bleader, if you missed it do not pass Go until you have. It is on 12 August 2008. Click here http://blogs.usyd.edu.au/theoryandpractice/2008/08/professionalism_over_passion_a.html
The attached file is the text of a talk I gave on teaching a time ago. It is based in part of research into learning in higher education, but of course reflects my own experience.
Click on it and have a look.
Everyone is a democrat, but what is "democracy?"
Here is the PowerPoint file on Leaders, leadership, and us. It is a link to You_Tube.
Best wishes.
Michael Jackson
Government and International Relations
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