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Case Study 2: Plan for and support student learning
This term, due to illness, a member of the permanent staff was signed off, and I was invited at short notice to lead a unit for second-year students. The course leader informed me that the unit required revision, as the … Continue reading
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Listening
I found the text The Importance and Difficulties of Listening Skill: A Description (Gultom, Utari, and Rahmawati, 2023) interesting, as listening is the focus of my PhD research. The text positions listening as a skill, implying that it can be … Continue reading
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Case Study 3: Assessing learning and exchanging feedback
During a PgCert session, we had an extensive discussion about the challenges of ‘group crit’. My own experiences from a teaching perspective had been mixed. In a recent undergraduate session, only five students attended—one arrived extremely late, another didn’t speak … Continue reading
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Microteach
As a teacher in the Sound Art department, the brief to create a session centered around an ‘object’ initially mystified me. After reading Engaging the Senses: Object-Based Learning in Higher Education (Chatterjee & Hannan, 2015), I understood that object-based learning … Continue reading
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Review of my practice by a tutor
For this exercise, I opted to write a detailed plan for a class, and to ask for feedback on this document from my tutor Linda Aloysius. We had an online meeting on 27th February, where Linda provided verbal feedback on … Continue reading
A peer’s observation of my teaching practice
Chuck kindly came to observe a session on radio art that I ran as a one-off class with MA Sound Arts students at LCC on 18th January. Chuck wrote me a valuable letter outlining their feedback, which is inculded in … Continue reading
Observation of a peer’s teaching practice
I came to observe a class by Chuck for MA Performance: Screen on the 6th March. I provided written feedback in an ROT form and Chuck responded with their reflections. Full ROT form here. A summary of my feedback: Engagement … Continue reading
Case Study 1: Know and respond to your students’ diverse needs
As an associate lecturer, I teach across ten courses at UAL, each with a different climate. My students are often international, come from diverse backgrounds and have varied needs. Some international students face language barriers and cultural differences in learning … Continue reading
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Reflecting on assessment
I had an experience this week that left me questioning the value of grading as a system of assessment. As the second marker on a student essay, I assessed it at a B-. The first marker strongly felt that the … Continue reading
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Use
In preparation for the PgCert workshop, I was excited to read a section of Sara Ahmed’s What’s the Use? On the Uses of Use (2019). I was suprised to find this on the reading list, as I know Ahmed’s writing … Continue reading
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