myblog | Tommy Ramsay | Activity https://myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/members/tramsay/activity/ Activity feed for Tommy Ramsay. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:33:21 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=12.2.0 en-GB 30 hourly 2 455ebc7ff91282d97bea59863fa06e12 Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=108 Tue, 14 Jan 2025 23:11:24 +0000 Experimentation & Connection as Enablers of Self-Learning​ARP-Presentation-Tommy-Ramsay-Experimentation-Connection-as-Enablers-of-Self-Learning​Download ARP-Presentation-Tommy-Ramsay-Experimentation-Connection-as-Enablers-of-Self-Learning​Download

]]> 0 4f8b0d41a48ac36b2f0f1f8286798307 Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=104 Tue, 14 Jan 2025 20:57:18 +0000 End of Unit 3 Thoughts I have enjoyed the ARP overall and am grateful to have been part of it. I have felt mega pushed for time which has been a shame as there has […]

]]> 0 96cbbd7b398cca4f00d0490618c29c14 Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=102 Tue, 14 Jan 2025 17:09:41 +0000 Blog Post 8: Why Drawing MattersAnita Taylor discusses in Why Drawing Matters the importance and vitality that drawing holds in her own practice as a teacher and maker. Taylor […]

]]> 0 190accd8d5a1fe6d3fe88d723eca14dd Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=95 Tue, 14 Jan 2025 15:37:46 +0000 ReferencesAdams, Tony E., Carolyn Ellis, and Stacy Holman Jones. ‘Autoethnography’. In The International Encyclopedia of Communication Research Met […]

]]> 0 58d5dca75fa51dc5729f8c914555fff7 Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=92 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 21:56:20 +0000 Action PlanEthics form – DONE Discuss with Sunny Arts if they are willing to be be part of ARP Discuss with students if they are willing to be be p […]

]]> 0 4351c352817af1dc8a6be084559cfb7f Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=81 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 16:56:25 +0000 Participant-facing documentsHere is the consent form template that I sent out and had signed by my 3 students. These are stored in a secure physical and digital location. […]

]]> 0 b341cbb7df3c2cc71e97f0a54fdbc5a3 Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=80 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 16:31:18 +0000 Project Findings: My ObservationsThe following is a list of my finding from ARP project broken down into the intervention categories, experimental drawings and NVC […]

]]> 0 4c3d0959b26bc756253b90e7cfb6e704 Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=78 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 14:33:39 +0000 Blog Post 13: The role of NVC Communication in my ARP InterventionWhy NVC? I believe that person-centred approach could help facilitate positive and connected relationships with students. Non-violent […]

]]> 0 d3293bd9ac58d3676156d52f238f4fd3 Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=77 Sun, 12 Jan 2025 21:23:04 +0000 Project Findings: Qualitative Research Data The below contains my 2 Likert scale responses from my students. One of the Likert Scales is in relation to intervention one: the experimental […]

]]> 0 b088959a3a981fe149a8082f8d4c5a77 Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=75 Sun, 12 Jan 2025 21:14:01 +0000 Blog Post 12: James Bury and Non-Hierarchical Learning In Non-Hierarchical Learning James Bury puts forward how teachers can relate to students as collaborators allowing for “cumulative development” 1 […]

]]> 0 74fa742e51f9d3fdf67d12e7b4bdd57a Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=74 Sun, 12 Jan 2025 20:45:03 +0000 Blog Post 11: The differences between filling in and lookingOne of the key questions I have had during the ARP is to what extent is technical instruction useful to student development in drawing and […]

]]> 0 3609197696eb7f11954dc4e98ca4a06a Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=73 Sun, 12 Jan 2025 18:22:41 +0000 Blog Post 10: Reflections on: Parker Palmer on the Heart of a TeacherI have been reading Parker Palmer’s The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life (Jossey-Bass, 2007). In the op […]

]]> 0 ff5a089a885fec924398d275cc497b96 Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=69 Sat, 14 Dec 2024 13:44:30 +0000 Blog Post 9: Recasting embodied and relational teaching in the arts: teacher educators reflect on the potential of digital learningThis text considers some of the challenges encountered then teaching online, in particular the feeling of disembodiment and the shared […]

]]> 0 40140ddb3d9d5c2fb0a791149a6db5fb Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=67 Thu, 05 Dec 2024 18:34:01 +0000 Research Method and Data Gathering: Online Teams interview with a tutor working in the UAL drawing departmentAs part of my research, I asked one of the tutors from the UAL drawing team for a chat and an opportunity to ask them some questions related to […]

]]> 0 0a84085a76fe16552303df5b26e9dbc6 Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=66 Mon, 28 Oct 2024 13:53:17 +0000 Blog Post 7: ‘Taking a line for a walk’: On improvisatory drawing by Ricardo Nemirovsky and Tam Dibley Is an article that has been useful to think about my experimental drawing intervention. How do we access improvisation, and can such a thing as a […]

]]> 0 c6e82745807a1ff80e6d53f877835d4d Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=65 Mon, 28 Oct 2024 12:36:25 +0000 Blog Post 6: Citation as political in Living a Feminist Life by Sara AhmedThis text by Sara Ahmed feels like such an important and succinct text that uncovers the transparency of the hierarchical racism prevalent within […]

]]> 0 eefcb15dfb00fb4095abf5c965c37e06 Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=63 Thu, 24 Oct 2024 10:59:56 +0000 Blog Post 5: Intervention Plan and RationaleRationale for my ARP As mentioned, at the start of this academic year, I unexpectedly lost my teaching hours on CCW Foundation due to the […]

]]> 0 df7440b49bbb230f6468dd35721963f5 Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=62 Thu, 24 Oct 2024 10:47:48 +0000 Blog Post 4: Research MethodsWhat method(s) are you using to explore the context/issue?  I will be using 3 different research methods for 4 outcomes or results:  An i […]

]]> 0 830331a03d7becb33afcee3be8609b2a Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=60 Tue, 15 Oct 2024 15:31:31 +0000 Blog Post 3: Good Autoethnography as described by Tony E. Adams, Andrew F. Herrmann and what I think it might mean The Auto-  “The “auto-” of autoethnography relates to one-self, an author’s subjectivity, their lived experience. For manuscripts to do/use a […]

]]> 0 d90ecb67c41e73096e3a0a7435390eb2 Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=59 Sun, 13 Oct 2024 20:34:42 +0000 Ethical PlanWhat is your project focus?  An enquiry into different methods of teaching drawing and painting, and the hierarchies associated with them. I wa […]

]]> 0 ab16c78ecf1dcaf35c5b467c94716ebd Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=57 Tue, 08 Oct 2024 16:20:22 +0000 Blog Post 2: Analysing Analytic Auto-ethnography An Autopsy and ARP Initial ThoughtsFor the reading prior to Workshop 1, I chose to read Analyzing Analytic Autoethnography An Autopsy by Carolyn S. Ellis and Arthur P. Bochne. I […]

]]> 0 a152d3b0edd85209c7e9f2f1f7cabfdb Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=56 Thu, 03 Oct 2024 15:15:33 +0000 Unit 3: Blog Post 1: Unforeseen ChangesOver the summer I was informed that my HPL contract at CCW was not going to be renewed as all staff members working on Foundation who were […]

]]> 0 b5b2ffda22e126a3379f8ed8ad658220 Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=54 Tue, 23 Jul 2024 11:05:36 +0000 End of Unit 2 Reflections I enjoyed the group dynamic and people’s willingness to discuss tricky subjects. The diversity and range of materials on offer, introduced me to […]

]]> 0 0cff037590433ff9db9933d49c49aef1 Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=52 Tue, 16 Jul 2024 09:45:13 +0000 Inclusive Teaching Practices for Summer Short Courses and Beyond Introduction and Teaching Context  Over the summer, I run a series of six UAL short courses for students from China at CSM. For many, it is […]

]]> 0 e7fb5fc418dfa14e39f51213fbcaf77c Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=51 Mon, 17 Jun 2024 10:56:11 +0000 Formative Submission Plan III will be running some short course with UAL over the summer and I would like to use this opportunity to run a course that is based around the […]

]]> 0 8d6f2da7484bfd04e77a97200c5fc6ae Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=47 Thu, 06 Jun 2024 17:26:13 +0000 Unit 2: Inclusive Practices: Blog Post on Pre Tasks and Workshops 5 & 6: racism in HE Unit 2: Inclusive Practices: Blog Post on Pre-Tasks and Workshops 5 & 6: racism in HE  Definitions of Race  The definitions of race were a […]

]]> 0 53680bf4ad709030a19e6e2f98a388b9 Tommy Ramsay posted a new activity comment https://rlbrown.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/2024/04/24/inclusive-practices-blog-post-one/#comment-6 Wed, 29 May 2024 12:03:44 +0000 I really liked the sub headings in your blog post and how you discussed each interviewee in each section rather than one at a time. The use of the term eco-system is one that I liked and interested me, it got me thinking back to the workshops and thinking about how we often fall back on the idea of a meritocracy. I think eco-system is an apt…Read more

In reply to - Robert Brown wrote a new post on the site rbrownPGcert Inclusive Practices- Blog Post OneTowards a Better Ecosystem The Paralympics demonstrates what happens when equity is embedded in systems and […] ]]> bd508cf48384103a36f56ff02239e9ae Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=44 Mon, 27 May 2024 21:08:47 +0000 Formative SubmissionAt the moment I am not sure as to what exactly I want to focus on. I think it will be on one of the following areas: Accessibility and […]

]]> 0 17445f6e0b73969e38cdacdbdcc926c7 Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=43 Mon, 20 May 2024 11:30:52 +0000 Unit 2: Inclusive Practices: Blog Post 2: Intersectionality and FaithUnit 2: Inclusive Practices: Blog Post 2: Intersectionality and Faith  Intersectionality LGBTQ and Faith:  Choudrey’s text Supporting BAM […]

]]> 3 a7d92c90986c1b4ed4b0d83a912865b2 Tommy Ramsay posted a new activity comment https://flomeredith.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/2024/04/24/unit-2-ip-blog-1/#comment-6 Thu, 02 May 2024 13:25:51 +0000 A really thoughtful and clear read. I think your post’s layout/format is excellent and makes for an accessible and direct read. I really like the use of a quote from each person/interview is used as a summary.

Your description of your teaching context shows a real awareness and considers the areas that it lacks in and ways of making…Read more

In reply to - Florence Meredith wrote a new post on the site flo's pg cert blog 21. Source Notes and IP Blog 1: DisabilitySource Notes Ade Adepitan, Disability Advocate (‘Ade Adepitan gives amazing explanation of […] ]]> 6bd071fba160f3fdad0aa53d18d74a67 Tommy Ramsay posted a new activity comment https://stephenbarrettpgcert.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/2024/04/24/blog-task-1/#comment-8 Wed, 01 May 2024 13:11:58 +0000 A thorough overview of the interviewees and how their differing intersectional identities affect them. You have shown awareness of the ways in which each individual experiences prejudice and how society has structured itself to marginalise rather than support them.

It was good to read how you have worked with and made projects more accessible…Read more

In reply to - Stephen Barrett wrote a new post on the site Researching, Reading, Reflecting Blog Task 1Intersectionality The three video interviews present examples of how intersectionality affects individuals in different […] ]]> 66689d1411c8165d9f55d51ab92eae51 Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=42 Tue, 23 Apr 2024 19:31:41 +0000 Unit 2 Blog Post 1: How Disability Intersects With Other Identity FactorsIntersectionality feels like a commonsense approach to understanding the make-up of an individual. No person is one thing alone, we are all made […]

]]> 2 9c14eb30b04d0fa1717dd4d6880180b4 Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=37 Sun, 17 Mar 2024 12:26:28 +0000 End of Unit One: Brief reflections I have found Unit 1 of the PGCERT to be enjoyable, stimulating, and challenging. I really enjoyed the in-person workshop days though have […]

]]> 0 751f29327d40c4944de47b144be619cd Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=36 Sun, 17 Mar 2024 11:58:24 +0000 Record of Observation or Review of Teaching Practice   

Session/artefact to be observed/reviewed: CCW FAD (Foundation Art and Design) Painting  

Size of student group: 2 x 1:1 tut […]

]]> 0 c7c11b6abf66c9a2309a7f8be57604f5 Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=35 Sun, 17 Mar 2024 11:37:11 +0000 Record of Observation or Review of Teaching Practice   

Session/artefact to be observed/reviewed: CCW FAD (Foundation Art and Design) Painting  

Size of student group: 2 x 1:1 tutor […]

]]> 0 b4d5c7fc3422eab8a5eb1bfb0f855d23 Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=34 Sun, 17 Mar 2024 11:21:27 +0000 Teaching Observation of my peer AmbaRecord of Observation or Review of Teaching Practice    Session/artefact to be observed/reviewed: Final Major Project seminar groups Drawing a […]

]]> 0 4a8e19629b48ebc0845d81c7b46eb116 Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=33 Sun, 10 Mar 2024 16:42:28 +0000 Contextual Background  

As a tutor on the CCW Foundation Painting course, we assess students at the end of each term. These assessments are done via an online platform called Workflow. Students use Workflow a […]

]]> 0 5dcef681c0c83c54e18ce55724e14b99 Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=26 Sat, 02 Mar 2024 20:35:23 +0000 Learning Outcomes and Assessment Objectives

We started off by discussing a series of Aphorisms:

1)Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself (John Dewey)

2)School is the advertising […]

]]> 0 058326d821cb73ae0fd934838b0b6a85 Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=23 Sat, 02 Mar 2024 18:38:14 +0000 Contextual Background 

As a tutor on the CCW Foundation Painting course, I often come across a wide range of students. For this case study, I will focus on how I plan to support students that I believe may […]

]]> 0 91ab7cb8f888e5d8ff0607d02be332ec Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=20 Wed, 28 Feb 2024 15:03:30 +0000 Contextual Background 

For this case study, I am going to focus on how gather and communicate the contextual reference points that I offer to students and how I prepare for running short courses. I am […]

]]> 0 a30084c4a412ebc87a93135f73000514 Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=17 Tue, 13 Feb 2024 17:15:43 +0000 For the micro teaching session, I had a very lengthy mental block/mild existential crisis on what I was going to do and only really fully formulated my lesson plan the night before. I ended up deciding to […]

]]> 0 a489777629db2b880a200a5411cd87e5 Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=15 Wed, 17 Jan 2024 21:22:10 +0000 Having read the What is contemplative pedagogy? and listened to the A Short Introduction to Contemplative Pedagogy, I felt that the Drawing Lab text by Michelle Salomon was a good fit for considering how […]

]]> 0 089cefedd0ac0cbfb30e23a2bbd37d9d Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=13 Wed, 17 Jan 2024 17:45:26 +0000 An a/r/tographic métissage: Storying the self as pedagogic practice

So for our first lesson we all had some reading homework. I was asked to read and make notes on: “An a/r/tographic métissage: Storying the s […]

]]> 0 da6983c0fffd58cf421a519af93d7ae1 Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=11 Wed, 17 Jan 2024 13:52:53 +0000 Day one was really enjoyable and contained a lot of information and a lot of interesting things to think about.

I really enjoyed learning from Tim and John about the different ways in which a group talks. Tim […]

]]> 0 1ba9dc3d6a907b3dd16790023760f05e Tommy Ramsay changed their profile picture https://myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/530015/ Wed, 17 Jan 2024 13:26:01 +0000 0 08d2e1e578a698f73afb9bcc6a7c1a07 Tommy Ramsay's profile was updated https://myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/activity/p/530013/ Wed, 17 Jan 2024 13:20:26 +0000 0 b7a96dd4bc90eee289a1db9b68d9a510 Tommy Ramsay wrote a new post on the site Tommy Ramsay's blog https://tramsay.myblog-staging.arts.ac.uk/?p=1 Mon, 11 Dec 2023 13:24:56 +0000 My name is Tommy Ramsay, I am an Associate Lecturer at Camberwell, working on the CCW Foundation Course, specialising in the Painting pathway and also running the life drawing classes. I also run short courses […]

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