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Simon Hayhoe: has a PhD and
MEd by research in the study of blindness and the arts— his PhD was co-supervised
by John Hull, author of Touching the Rock; Simon is pictured with John in
the photograph above. He has been a qualified mainstream school teacher
for over ten years, and during his career he has taught design,
information technology and computing. In addition Simon has key-worked
students with special educational needs, devised inclusive courses for
school students — including the 4 Senses project in 2005 - organised
conferences and seminars, and lectured and published essays and books on
this topic. In intervening years, he has also researched educational
attainment with the universities of London
and Toronto.
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Simon is
currently Head of ICT at Leicester
Grammar School. He
is also involved with social and philosophical research and consultation
in the field of arts and blindness for Art Beyond Sight (New
York) and Blind Art (London)
in a voluntary capacity, and writes on this subject as a visiting school
teacher at Pembroke College, Cambridge University.
Before
becoming a teacher, Simon worked as a farm labourer, fitters’ mate, freelance
designer and press agent/assistant editor.
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To contact us:
E-mail:
editor@blindnessandarts.com
We are based in:
Leicester, UK
Eco
Ancient Greek, Verb, pronounced Ekh-o. The Transliterated word is Echo.
New Testament Greek Lexicon
“[To] have (hold) in the hand, in the sense of wearing, to
have (hold) possession of the mind (refers to alarm, agitating emotions,
etc.), to hold fast keep, to have or comprise or involve, to regard or
consider or hold as.”
Source: http://www.crosswalk.com
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