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Fri, 12 Jan 2024 21:30:23 +0000

The initial idea for my Action Research Project emerged from my exploration within the Inclusive Practices Unit. In that unit I created an artefact to assess Year 1 students’ sense of belonging with a view to h […]

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Fri, 12 Jan 2024 21:30:10 +0000

Ask students to take part in the ARP – 13th OctoberComplete first draft of Ethics form – 19th October Revise Ethics form – 8th November Draft activity plan/brief – 8th November First meeting with students – 10t […]

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Fri, 12 Jan 2024 21:29:49 +0000

Before starting, I thought that Action Research as a methodology would be more contained, with a beginning, middle and end but instead my project has grown in different directions and has indistinct edges. This […]

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Tue, 09 Jan 2024 00:08:15 +0000

I sent my Ethics form to my tutor on the 19th October

Ethics form v1

Mallika made comments on the form and gave suggestions for ways to make it clearer and more precise.

Changes I made based on the […]

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Mon, 08 Jan 2024 23:19:19 +0000

I created an Information Sheet and Consent Form in advance of the first meeting with the students, which took place on 10th November 2023.

The Information Sheet is here

The Consent Form is here

The […]

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Mon, 08 Jan 2024 22:48:52 +0000

Key Findings from Primary Research

Using the recordings from the three primary research sessions, I conducted thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2012). Some clear themes as well as actions emerged from the […]

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Mon, 08 Jan 2024 22:48:48 +0000

My final PowerPoint presentation is linked below.

ARP-Presentation_LST-1ARP Presentation Download

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Mon, 08 Jan 2024 22:48:21 +0000

Key Findings from Readings

At the beginning of ARP, I focussed on reading about mood in the classroom and how it can impact learning. I discovered a questionnaire that was developed to measure mood in the […]

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Mon, 08 Jan 2024 22:47:02 +0000

Bache, C.M (2008) The Living Classroom: Teaching and Collective Consciousness. State University of NY Press: Albany.

Braun, V. & Clarke, V. (2012) ‘Thematic analysis’, in : H. Cooper, P. M. Camic, D. L. […]

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Mon, 08 Jan 2024 22:46:13 +0000

Research Question for ARP: Is it possible to adapt taught sessions to the overriding mood of the class?

This question arose out of the artefact that I created during the IP unit. The output from that unit was […]

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Thu, 23 Nov 2023 22:50:29 +0000

In preparation for my first tutorial, I mapped out my research idea as follows, with notes and questions to discuss with my tutor.

I want to explore mood in the classroomEmotions can impact attention and […]

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Thu, 23 Nov 2023 22:47:18 +0000

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Tue, 18 Jul 2023 17:52:40 +0000

It is really interesting to hear about your identity Mikha. I have heard similar sentiment from German people previously, as if the children should suffer for the sins of their parents and grandparents. I agree that we must judge but then we can go deeper. We are more than our skin tone or nationality but that is still a privilege that often only…Read more

In reply to - Mikha Mekler wrote a new post on the site Mikha PG Cert Blog We all judge but it is what we do with the judgement that is important. (fellow PGCert student, Michelle Palmer, […]

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Tue, 18 Jul 2023 17:38:07 +0000

I really enjoyed reading your blog Mikha. I can see the conflict between your beliefs and what you are presented with in class and that it is difficult to navigate this tightrope. It is also true that we have no training or guidance on how to approach these matters and end up with the ‘live and let live’ approach you mentioned. As you say,…Read more

In reply to - Mikha Mekler wrote a new post on the site Mikha PG Cert Blog The The Reith Lecture – Mistaken Identities – Creed radio show with Kwame Anthony Appiah was significant for me as it has helped me differentiate […]

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Tue, 18 Jul 2023 17:27:59 +0000

A great blog post Lorraine! I agree with your points about yoga classes. I haven’t done yoga for ages but what I crave is the savasana bit at the end 🙂 I think that point can feel spiritual, when you have worked out the stress and thinking from the body. But I agree that the spiritual side is not really emphasised even if the teacher holds those…Read more

In reply to - Lorraine French wrote a new post on the site PGCert One of the first questions I had to ask myself and look up was what does dharma mean? There are several different definitions of Darma for Hindu and […]

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Tue, 18 Jul 2023 17:04:12 +0000

I also read the Hahn Tapper (2013) piece and found it really resonated with my experiences in class. Like Lorraine, it helped me to reshape my artefact and to make it more student-led. We never know which groups students will identify with and it is a good idea to enable them to find out. I really like your workshop plans. I would like to do…Read more

In reply to - Michelle Lin-Braby wrote a new post on the site Michelle's PgCert illustration by Cynthia Kittler A reflection on Hahn Tapper’s “A pedagogy of social justice education: social identity, theory and […]

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Tue, 18 Jul 2023 16:58:40 +0000

It’s interesting to hear your views on the piece about Buddhism. I am realising that we don’t speak enough about the complexities of faith and religion and they take a back seat in the quasi-secular UK society. It might be interesting to shed some light on these issues with students in class and to hear how this part of their identity informs how…Read more

In reply to - Michelle Lin-Braby wrote a new post on the site Michelle's PgCert A reflection on Kwarme Anthony Appiah Reith’s lecture on ‘Creed’ Kwame Anthony Appiah’s Reith lecture offers a thought-provoking exploration […]

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Tue, 18 Jul 2023 13:18:24 +0000

Thank you for your comments Michele. I agree with you about teachers’ lived experiences. Every aspect of our positionality informs how we teach and interact.

In reply to - Louise Stuart Trainor wrote a new post on the site Louise Stuart Trainor PgCert Hahn Tapper’s (2013) social identity theory (SIT) explains much of what I witness in my teaching practice, but I don’t agree w […]

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Mon, 17 Jul 2023 21:11:48 +0000

It is really interesting to hear your views coming from your personal perspective with neurodiverse children and a physically disabled friend. I agree with you that there are a wide variety of disabilities that are all grouped together. In one of the cross programme talks, the speaker referred to design for disabled people as “one size fits none”…Read more

In reply to - Mikha Mekler wrote a new post on the site Mikha PG Cert Blog Christine Sun Kim film (10mins) A wonderful portrait of a very able and intelligent young woman. Her uniqueness in expressing what sound means […]

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Mon, 17 Jul 2023 12:13:33 +0000

The workshop about using sensory mediation sounds amazing! It seems like you have a good opportunity to embed the inspiration from Christine Sun Kim’s work into your creative teaching. Sometimes, we are really stifled by the poor performance of technology (often sound doesn’t work in the lecture halls) and we are not supposed to use paper for…Read more

In reply to - Michelle Lin-Braby wrote a new post on the site Michelle's PgCert A reflection on the work by Christine sun Kim. Christine Sun Kim is an inspirational artist whose work challenges the conventional boundaries […]

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Thu, 13 Jul 2023 20:05:55 +0000

Hahn Tapper’s (2013) social identity theory (SIT) explains much of what I witness in my teaching practice, but I don’t agree with the separation of teaching and facilitation mentioned. “Facilitators are pro […]

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Sun, 25 Jun 2023 16:08:31 +0000

Thank you for your comment Michele. I think it’s ok to still use the terms Easter and Christmas. As you mentioned on your blog, for many people these can be cultural celebrations rather than religious or belief-based. I think students also accept that these are the phrases used in the UK. Rather than erasing them, maybe we can just add more to the…Read more

In reply to - Louise Stuart Trainor wrote a new post on the site Louise Stuart Trainor PgCert I read ‘Religion, the public sphere and higher education’ by Professor Craig Calhoun. The section ‘Religion and dissent in unive […]

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Sun, 25 Jun 2023 16:04:33 +0000

Thank you for your comment Mariana. It is interesting to hear the student feedback; I can see on one had how tutors might feel unable to support subject matter they know nothing about, but on the other hand, should there be a way to help students explore any topic within a structure? Like, ‘freedom within a framework’. I have heard this narrative…Read more

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Sun, 25 Jun 2023 15:45:00 +0000

Thank you for your comments Mariana. Your idea about student-led community building workshops is great! I have tried to do a bit of this but maybe I haven’t worked hard enough on it. I find that these extracurricular things easily become de-prioritised. There was a wave of enthusiasm from students about setting up an events committee but that…Read more

In reply to - Louise Stuart Trainor wrote a new post on the site Louise Stuart Trainor PgCert I often direct students to the UAL Disability Service web pages to get support. In lectures I have used UAL’s CSR strategy as a c […]

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Sun, 25 Jun 2023 15:41:32 +0000

Thanks for your comments Lorraine. I hadn’t thought about the practical reasons for the lack of photos on UAL’s Disability pages. It might also be due to privacy/confidentiality concerns.
I am going to try the noise agreement thing next term. We are moving to the new building in Stratford so it will be a whole new scenario that I’m sure will…Read more

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Sun, 25 Jun 2023 15:39:11 +0000

Thank you for your comment Michele. It’s interesting that both you and Lorraine agreed on the point about UAL’s Disability pages. I think it’s always helpful to put a face to the name but maybe there are reasons for not doing this.

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Sun, 25 Jun 2023 15:00:33 +0000

Some great points Michele, I especially love your definition of faith. I have been in conflict with the religion I was brought up with for decades but I think I could get much more comfortable with your concept of faith as “a combination of traditions and rituals, guided by history and practiced from a sociological and cultural perspective.” Thank…Read more

In reply to - Michele C Palmer wrote a new post on the site Michele Palmer – PG Cert Blog Mistaken Identities is one of four lectures that focuses on the topic of creed. This subject is dissected and questioned to verify what […]

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Sun, 25 Jun 2023 14:29:16 +0000

I haven’t yet read this paper but you have given a great overview Lorraine! I think your last point is really interesting. The nature of teaching at university means that we are often with different groups of students in one-off workshops and scenarios where you don’t have the opportunity to get to know them. I think it can be really hard to…Read more

In reply to - Lorraine French wrote a new post on the site PGCert In this paper Hahn Tapper examines a program of education using Social Justice Pedagogy. How it works and why it is important. I have only read the beginning of […]

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Wed, 21 Jun 2023 15:32:13 +0000

Some great points Michele! I really like the way you said that in your practice you, “open dialogues on the complexity of identities.” I think this is so important because identity is complex and can affect so many aspects of the student experience. Like you, I draw on my own experiences and rely on the information available via UAL channels but I…Read more

In reply to - Michele C Palmer wrote a new post on the site Michele Palmer – PG Cert Blog Resource 1 is a video of a female who works within the creative industry, but lives with an invisible impairment. Kim’s practice is i […]

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Mon, 19 Jun 2023 22:18:27 +0000

I read ‘Religion, the public sphere and higher education’ by Professor Craig Calhoun. The section ‘Religion and dissent in universities’ made me realise how little we talk about religion in the classroom. Sometim […]

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Mon, 19 Jun 2023 17:31:35 +0000

These stats are really interesting Lorraine. I hadn’t thought to look up the reported numbers about representation on TV. Without researching the details, I had a sense that there are more disabled people on TV now than before, I could think of comedians, paralympian sports commentators and a few people on Strictly Come Dancing but the only person…Read more

In reply to - Lorraine French wrote a new post on the site PGCert Disability too white Not enough media representation of disabled people of colour – Is this still true today? The article was published in 2016. There h […]

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Wed, 24 May 2023 22:14:46 +0000

Great points Lorraine! I didn’t know about the recent research into right brain/left brain theories. I too am curious about this and also the connection to UAL’s student cohort. I wonder why art and design courses have a higher number of disabled and neurodiverse students? Maybe these courses are seen to offer greater freedom of learning and…Read more

In reply to - Lorraine French wrote a new post on the site PGCert I watched this video several times. The first time left me feeling inspired and in awe of Christine. I had to keep watching to because I wasn’t sure what I w […]

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Mon, 22 May 2023 09:13:13 +0000

I often direct students to the UAL Disability Service web pages to get support. In lectures I have used UAL’s CSR strategy as a corporate example. Similarly, I could use UAL’s Disability Service web pages to ill […]

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Tue, 21 Mar 2023 18:12:53 +0000

During the January 18th briefing, we read a case study about unit evaluations (Macfarlane, 2004), wherein a lecturer perceived some feedback to be negative: the readings were ‘boring’ and ‘too theor […]

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Tue, 21 Mar 2023 13:31:23 +0000

During the 24th February seminar, we responded to the question: “What do we need to know in order to teach well?” The answers relate to the Core Knowledge section (K1-K6) of the UKPSF 2011.

What do we need to […]

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Mon, 20 Mar 2023 17:52:59 +0000

I was inspired by the seminar on 27th January to consider small group teaching more deeply. Next term, I will guide a new collaborative unit where Year 1 students will work in small groups to complete a […]

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Mon, 20 Mar 2023 15:35:49 +0000

My tutor, Santanu Vasant, observed one of my teaching sessions as part of the TPP unit. He highlighted some interesting points of improvement one of which, centred around cognitive load, “At 20 minutes in, I e […]

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Mon, 20 Mar 2023 15:26:22 +0000

During the onsite sessions on Friday 24th February, we were tasked with reviewing the UK Professional Standards Framework 2011. As a group, we mapped out our responses to the question: “What do we need to know in […]

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Wed, 01 Mar 2023 23:41:01 +0000

The Microteach took place on the afternoon of Friday 10th February from 1:30pm-4:30pm. Three classmates plus our tutor were in attendance. The atmosphere was more relaxed than expected due to the small group and […]

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Fri, 27 Jan 2023 19:29:06 +0000

At today’s PGCert onsite session, we worked on a task to a present an artefact. In my group, I presented an Assessment Brief in a standard format. Mikha presented a Miro board which demonstrated the design for a […]

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Wed, 25 Jan 2023 23:44:43 +0000

In preparation for the Introductory Workshop on January 13th, I read some of the articles published in the Spark Journal and reflected on the concept of silence in online teaching spaces.

I chose an article […]

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Wed, 04 Jan 2023 15:14:59 +0000

When I started the PgCert in January 2023 I was Course Leader of BA (Hons) Fashion Marketing & Consumer Behaviour, a new undergraduate course that enrolled its first cohort in September 2022. Since September 2023, […]