myblog | Natalie Payne | Activity https://myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/members/npayne/activity/ Activity feed for Natalie Payne. Mon, 11 May 2026 01:13:33 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=12.2.0 en-GB 30 hourly 2 72201b98519b890ef25a4fe6c5624a67 Natalie Payne wrote a new post on the site Teaching & Learning https://teachinglearning.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=45 Wed, 01 Sep 2021 10:35:44 +0000 The Teaching and Learning unit on the PGCert has been a valuable learning experience. Firstly, being a student again has enabled me to feel so much more empathy for students. I have realised that navigating […]

]]> 0 bb9d9e86c58456d75a032d77605cae88 Natalie Payne wrote a new post on the site Teaching & Learning https://teachinglearning.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=42 Thu, 26 Aug 2021 17:30:36 +0000 I was very nervous for my micro teach as I knew I had selected quite a contentious book as my teaching object: ‘The Hyena and Other Men’, by Pieter Hugo, a South African photographer, who has frequently been […]

]]> 0 ca0b5a312bea3e83d681bcf5352467a8 Natalie Payne wrote a new post on the site Teaching & Learning https://teachinglearning.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=41 Thu, 26 Aug 2021 10:59:22 +0000 Hattie Voelker in her lecture ‘performing to an invisible audience’ explains that the aim of her talk is to help us to develop our online teaching & performing. The word ‘performing’ struck me. The notion of teac […]

]]> 0 604c27d7950c463a03328fbaae9c7425 Natalie Payne wrote a new post on the site Teaching & Learning https://teachinglearning.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=39 Wed, 25 Aug 2021 10:23:14 +0000 During this session on ‘Love, Care & Belonging’, we discussed the various texts we had selected to read. We were randomly put into small groups and had some interesting conversations related to these texts. It […]

]]> 0 0981529965b4e081ee391f04244c264e Natalie Payne wrote a new post on the site Teaching & Learning https://teachinglearning.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=28 Mon, 23 Aug 2021 17:38:03 +0000 I chose to share the book The Trade of the Teacher by Mieke Bal[1] especially for the above quote which emphasises the teachers role as one of empowering the student. Bal stresses […]

]]> 0 d9c8ef017b86c20a00f8ec55908dd6bf Natalie Payne wrote a new post on the site Teaching & Learning https://teachinglearning.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=16 Mon, 23 Aug 2021 15:16:56 +0000 Unfortunately, I was unable to attend the session on ‘Play and Measurement’ as I was on sick leave. I was feeling dizzy, exhausted and unable to think clearly. This has enabled me to have greater empathy for my […]

]]> 0 3120ade673995bd98b567efe79d1c852 Natalie Payne wrote a new post on the site Teaching & Learning https://teachinglearning.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=6 Wed, 28 Jul 2021 18:57:06 +0000 Reflections on Gloria Dall’Alba, 2005. Improving teaching: Enhancing ways of being university teachers and Holmwood, J. 2018. Race and the Neoliberal University: Lessons From the Public University.

How does […]

]]> 0 3f0a16365430d77b3c2424a608d07e82 Natalie Payne wrote a new post on the site Teaching & Learning https://teachinglearning.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=5 Wed, 28 Jul 2021 18:27:58 +0000 Going back to the induction as well as revisiting the early lectures of the Teaching & Learning module of the PGCert, I realise that there was an enormous disconnect in my brain between the first part, before I […]

]]> 0 1245945a6eea06f211e623900ca5d110 Natalie Payne commented on the post, Race, on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert https://miriame.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/2021/07/01/race/#comment-5 Tue, 27 Jul 2021 16:44:55 +0000 Hi, it’s Natalie Payne again. I realise I am not in your group, but saw the name Natalie and responded, but then realise this is Natalie Wood’s group!! Nevertheless I also really enjoyed reading your blog.

All the best!

]]> 5efec9cbb30d563d6521f5cf48c84138 Natalie Payne commented on the post, Race, on the site My PGCert Blog http://julespgcert.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/2021/06/21/race/#comment-10 Tue, 27 Jul 2021 16:04:07 +0000 Hi Juliet

There is so much that I can identify with in your blog post. Like you, I have also found this module so transformative and challenging. What has been really interesting for me is the way the ITLHE […]

]]> ecbf14f96eee46da1a0b31892779c7f1 Natalie Payne commented on the post, Race, on the site Miriam Elgon PG Cert http://miriame.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/2021/07/01/race/#comment-4 Mon, 26 Jul 2021 16:40:28 +0000 Hi Miriam,

Every time I read someone else’s race blog, I discover more resources from the Shades of Noir website. This emphasises what an incredibly rich resource this is and how we can enhance our teaching a […]

]]> bedc6572727bef3dd0e734227d456f21 Natalie Payne commented on the post, Race, on the site Svenja's PG Cert Blog https://svenjaspgcert.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/2021/07/01/race/#comment-14 Mon, 05 Jul 2021 16:57:43 +0000 Hi Svenja,

I think that there are parallels in growing up in Germany and growing up in South Africa. The wrongs that have been perpetrated against one group of people by another group is interwoven into one’s i […]

]]> 24a4dda76d98f8cc3458e16483ceb021 Natalie Payne commented on the post, FAITH, on the site PGcert journey http://laurenc123.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/2021/05/28/faith/#comment-6 Thu, 24 Jun 2021 17:15:20 +0000 Hi Lauren,

I really enjoyed reading your blog post, and, like Serena, I agree that as tutors we find ourselves in a difficult predicament with regards to provocative work students may make. I have always erred […]

]]> 603c7ad26c917e35de2e67a226696e5c Natalie Payne commented on the post, Faith, on the site Svenja's PG Cert Blog http://svenjaspgcert.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/2021/05/25/faith-is-fluid/#comment-12 Sat, 05 Jun 2021 11:41:26 +0000 Hi Svenja (and Aleana).

I have been thinking the same thing while completing our tasks on faith: how little we, and our students, speak about religion compared to the numerous conversations and research in and […]

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