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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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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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On Silence
The article Embracing the Silence: Introverted Learning and the Online Classroom (Harris, 2022) resonated deeply with me. The text describes the author’s experience transitioning to online teaching during the lockdown months and the awkwardness she felt in this makeshift ‘classroom’ … Continue reading
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