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Identity
When reading Religion in Britain: Challenges for higher education, the writers positionality come through very clearly in the text – or at least what I presume it to be. Words such as ‘even though’ and ‘fetish’ brought forth assumptions towards the writer. This however, may be due to my own positionality. This brought forth the…
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Accessibility for All
Confronting the Whitewashing Of Disability: Interview with Vilissa Thompson and In conversation with Sky Cubacub both highlight how often communities can be left out of the conversation. Although these articles reflect on representation within the disabled fashion and beauty community, the article made me reflect on areas I overlook within my own practice of digital…
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Hidden Spaces
“Students would come to Jaydin for support with their work and to clarify instructions that had been given to them by the course tutors. This placed an exceptional pressure on Jaydin…” Jaydin – A mature student’s experience, Shades of Noir (2020) Inclusive Practice: Alchemy – Transformation in Social Justice Teaching Jaydin – A mature student’s…
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Familiarity in teaching
Object based learning inherently brings a sense of familiarity to a subject. Whether the item is an everyday item or something foreign, there is a sense of familiarity tactile objects bring “In recognition there is a beginning of an act of perception…Perception replaces bare recognition. There is an act of reconstructive doing, and consciousness becomes…
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Risk-taking
It’s taken me a while to reconcile with the lesson structure on the PG Cert. Fixed on the standard format of a classroom, I often found myself wondering when the tutor was going to ‘teach’ something. In hindsight, this thought seems redundant. Each session was filled with discussions of new ideas, shared practices, and thought-provoking…
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The pursuit of excellence
Students that are unsure of their own judgment often ask the question “Does this look right?” When answered yes, it brings comfort and a sense of accomplishment to the student. However, this can also develop co-dependent behaviour removing students from their own sense of judgement. When answered no, it creates a sense of fear, often…
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Decoding the learning outcomes
In their current state, many students do not understand learning outcomes and how they relate to the unit outcomes. As a technical member of staff, I also often struggled to understand them – until I watched the UAL assessment criteria video. The explanations were clear and concise, with aligning imagery and a catchy phrase. When…
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Familiarity
During my microteach session, centred around object-based learning, our course leader, Lindsay Riley, said something which peaked my interest. “Someone once told me, in order for something to be interesting it must hit the sweet spot of being familiar whilst bringing something new”. Object based learning inherently brings a sense of familiarity to a subject.…
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Ending with a question
It’s taken me a while to reconcile with the lesson structure on the PG Cert. Fixed on the standard format of a classroom, I often found myself wondering when the tutor was going to ‘teach’ something. That sounds silly now when I think back to all of the nuggets of wisdom dropped each time a…