Rebecca Farrington and Enam Haque delivered this session on inclusivity in academia, with a particular focus on anti-racism. The session covered how academic institutions have a duty to be more inclusive and anti-racist, but often fall short of this, some studies were highlighted that suggested the issue was most prevalent in medical subjects due to […]
Pedagogy Journal Club: June 2021
Internal Feedback The journal article was called ’The power of internal feedback: exploiting natural comparison processes’. The article made the case for capitalising on a student’s natural comparisons that they already make and helping them to develop their own internal feedback capacity. They explore the benefits of using a blend of both analogical and analytical […]
Pedagogy Journal Club: February 2021
Professional Identity The journal article was called ‘Teachers telling tales: the narrative mediation of professional identity’ and it was presented by the author, Julian Williams. It considered the biographical narrative of two successful maths teachers who had different approaches to teaching college students (16-19 year olds). John described himself as ‘traditional’ and Sally described herself […]
Creating interdisciplinary online learning resources in Research Methods
Fran Hooley (Lecturer in Technology Enhanced Learning) provided an insightful presentation on creating interdisciplinary online learning resources in research methods. The presentation outlines the current progress and showcases some of the examples of what the team is currently working on. Sharing findings from the ongoing project allowed the group to discuss the plan in more […]
Pedagogy Journal Club: March 2020
Teacher Dilemmas The journal article was called ‘Teacher dilemmas in challenging students in higher education’. The article considered the dilemmas teachers come across when challenging students which they used to develop a model of dilemma analysis. The paper raised interesting reflective thoughts around our own teaching and interactions and the group thought it would be […]
Supporting International Students – Challenges and Opportunities
Colleagues from International Relations, Counselling, the Students Union and Lecturers in FBMH delivered an interactive session alongside student participants on ‘Supporting International Students – Challenges and Opportunities’. The session was co-created and delivered by current students and colleagues from across the University. The session explored academic attainment, culture and culture values and transition issues as […]
Relationship between student attendance and academic achievement
Carol Mackintosh-Franklin (Postgraduate Divisional Lead) gave a thought provoking outline of her experience considering the relationship between attendance in class, use of Blackboard, personal motivation and final results. The University attendance policy states that students should attend all sessions and Carol considered the empirical evidence behind this both from reviewing the literature and her own […]
55 Behaviours of Transformational Educators
Dianne Burns and Judy Williams gave an interactive Masterclass based on their research findings which identifies the 55 core behaviours of ‘transformational educators’. They encouraged participants to reflect on ways in which they adopted such behaviours and how they could support colleagues to develop them as well. The session enabled participants to reflect on their […]
Pedagogy Journal Club: January 2020
Playful Learning The Journal article was called ‘Playful learning in higher education: developing a signature pedagogy’. The article encouraged activities to go beyond play or games as a means of enhancing engagement or increasing motivation as these can often have the reverse effect if overused. Instead it encouraged the use of a signature pedagogy to […]
Pedagogy Journal Club: December 2019
Straying into Education Publishing in your field versus pedagogical research The Journal article was called ‘Writing Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Articles for Peer-Reviewed Journals’. It was chosen as an accessible well written and engaging article which identified the challenges but also ways one might approach writing for journals focussed on the Scholarship of Teaching […]