Researching into focus groups has thrown up some important questions that I need to consider when planning my own… How many participants should I include? How do I go about choosing those participants? What questions do I ask in the focus group? What data do I want to get from the focus group? Are there… Continue reading Planning my Focus Group
Workshop vs. Interviews vs. Focus Groups
To answer my research question I know I will need to speak to students as part of my ‘action’, but in what context is the most suitable? Embedding into their current timetable The easiest way for both students and myself would be to embed an activity or workshop into their timetabled sessions, to build it… Continue reading Workshop vs. Interviews vs. Focus Groups
My Plan of Action!
I have drafted out an action plan for this project using Miro. It’s impossible to embed into a myblog site and trying to include an image looks like this… …so unless you have the super human sight it’s impossible to read! Click on the link above and it will take you to a version that… Continue reading My Plan of Action!
What’s the Rationale?
So why have I decided to investigate the topic of asynchronous resources? And why such a focus on the relationship between staff, students and resources? For context I am further developing my intervention for the IP unit which was titled, ‘CAD CLUB: A reflection on the development of inclusive e-learning resources.’; which was an Action… Continue reading What’s the Rationale?
My Research Question
How can relationships between staff, students and asynchronous resources be built and nurtured to ensure the legacy and interaction of those resources? It’s a working title, so don’t get too attached. It could change at any minute! If you’d like to know how I came to ask myself this question, the rationale behind my thought… Continue reading My Research Question
Blog 3: Race
I have responded to the following resources in more depth in their own individual blogposts, and will try my best here to summarise my reflection from each below. Shades of Noir (SoN) – (Click here for full blogpost) The stories, case studies and interviews with the SoN journals highlight the inequities both students and staff… Continue reading Blog 3: Race
Shades of Noir: Terms of reference on Race – Teaching Within. A Reflection.
I chose to reflect on this article (pg 70-73) as it follows on nicely from some of the points I was exploring from Finnigan and Richards Retention and Attainment report around diversity within teaching staff. I think this initiative by Aisha Richards is so important and have benefited from the programme first hand. I have… Continue reading Shades of Noir: Terms of reference on Race – Teaching Within. A Reflection.
Retention and attainment in the disciplines: Art and Design. – Finnigan and Richards. A Reflection.
This report by Finnigan and Richards considers the retention and attainment of students from diverse backgrounds with the discipline of Art and Design within universities, published in 2016 but using 2010-11 data from a HEA (Higher Education Academy) report (Woodfield 2014). While retention and attainment was a huge issue then and remains a huge issue… Continue reading Retention and attainment in the disciplines: Art and Design. – Finnigan and Richards. A Reflection.
Witness: Unconscious Bias – Josephine Kwhali. A Reflection.
When I started working at UAL I was 27 years old, the world was 6 months into a global pandemic and it was my first venture into teaching. In the build up to term starting, like every new starter, I was required to do mandatory training through a series of e-modules. So there I was,… Continue reading Witness: Unconscious Bias – Josephine Kwhali. A Reflection.
A pedagogy of social justice education: social identity, theory and intersectionality – Hahn Tapper. A Reflection.
Hahn Tappers article explores a theoretical and practical understanding of social justice education, through the examination of a US based intergroup educational organisation. Although focused on one organisation based in the US, there are parallels to the UK education system. Both the US and UK have blatant systemic and institutional issues surrounding race, class, religion,… Continue reading A pedagogy of social justice education: social identity, theory and intersectionality – Hahn Tapper. A Reflection.