An activity within our in person PgCert sessions this week was to in small groups choose an article to read individually, then summarise the reading as a group, and then communicate the reading summary to another group. The reading we chose wasn’t actually an article, but an introduction except from a book titled ‘Designs for… Continue reading What learning environment do I thrive in?
Category: TPP
The issue of wordcount and parity in Summative Assessment.
Alongside the TPP unit for PGcert I have been assessing a cohort of YR2 work. The word count for the summative feedback was 300-350 words for the first marker, and 150 words for second marker. Since 2019 the Product Programme Director has been trialling writing less summative feedback, to create parity between courses that sit within… Continue reading The issue of wordcount and parity in Summative Assessment.
Pass/Fail Assessment – the benefits and drawbacks in HE.
During the PGCert I have been thinking about different ways of assessing and their benefits; during one session we spoke in depth about Crits and their importance/relevance. These conversations tapped into a distant memory I had completely forgotten about, where I took part in a research project in 2021 within UAL called ‘Experiences of Pass / Fail in First… Continue reading Pass/Fail Assessment – the benefits and drawbacks in HE.
Getting students to talk about their work.
In advance of this weeks session, we needed to select and have to hand a unit brief, session plan, teaching artifact or details of a learning activity from the course we teach on. We would talk through them and reflect on ways that we could improve and enhance them. I brought in the unit brief… Continue reading Getting students to talk about their work.
Pedagogic Research – Object Based Learning (OBL)
Within my practice teaching fashion design, I have found it incredibly useful using physical objects (clothing) as tools in my sessions. As a visual learner myself I often find when something is described to me audibly or presented to me as writing I find it hard to processes and fully understand, seeing a photograph or… Continue reading Pedagogic Research – Object Based Learning (OBL)
The journey to contextualising my own teaching practice.
Pedagogy isn’t a word I had heard until I started teaching just over 2 years ago, and while I understand what it means in layman’s terms ‘a method/approach to teaching’; I’ve never had the headspace to fully contextualise my own teaching practice. These first formative years of my teaching career have been a real mixing… Continue reading The journey to contextualising my own teaching practice.