{"id":396,"date":"2011-09-20T13:03:05","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T13:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncanning.wordpress.com\/?p=396"},"modified":"2011-09-20T13:03:05","modified_gmt":"2011-09-20T13:03:05","slug":"words-i-dont-like-delivery-in-an-educational-context","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncanning.net\/wp\/?p=396","title":{"rendered":"Words I don\u2019t like: delivery (in an educational context)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Delivery: The action of handing over, or conveying into the hands of another;\u00a0esp.<\/em>\u00a0the action of a carrier in delivering letters or goods entrusted to him for conveyance to a person at a distance (OED).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I know that I am not alone in my dislike of the word \u2018Delivery\u2019 in an educational development context. Delivery requires no knowledge of what is being delivered on the part of the deliverer. As a schoolboy I had a part-time job delivering newspapers. I would go down to local newsagents, he would give me the newspapers and a list and I would deliver the right newspaper the to right house. There were some basic skills or course -- I needed to know how to read the list, know where I was going and have the ability to ride my bike around my route. However, I required no knowledge of the media industry or the events being written about in the newsletter. At no point was I asked my for my opinion on world events. My job was to carry a physical object (a newspaper) from one geographical location (newsagent) to another (the customer's house).<\/p>\n

I refuse to therefore to suggest that I deliver<\/em> \u2018training\u2019, \u2018development\u2019, \u2018a\/ the curriculum\u2019, CPD, courses etc. To deliver<\/em> means to hand over a product from one party to another \u2013 a teacher\/ lecturer\/ educational developer needs\u00a0to understand the content, be able to answer questions about the content and know the content well.<\/p>\n

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