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Disability
Cristine Sun KimI have been following the work of Christine Sun Kim for a long time. While taking the time to watch this video, I was thinking about the different textures of sound D/deaf people make, experience, enjoy and create. Why would one create certain sounds and what attracts them? Sun Kim mentions vibrations and…
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Critical Pedagogy: Positionality
Today I wrote my positionality statement after engaging with the suggested resources. The task became a moment of reflection upon my class, gender, race, ethnicity, ability, age and sexual orientation. I found it interesting not only to identify the parameters that shape my thinking, but to have to choose words to describe them and acknowledge…
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Inclusive Practices:Critical Pedagogy
Session 1 Pre-Task Please come to the first session prepared to discuss the following prompt questions: ● What are the central concerns of critical pedagogy?Teachers asking why / students asking the same question: why am I learning this -Examining content, methods and environments through which learning takes place as the first step to creating relevant and…
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Compassionate Assessment
I was taken aback by the seminar on compassionate assessment. I have always found assessment a bizarre process: it involves trust and vulnerability, empathy, as much as it does fairness and clarity. How do we assure parity and hold an overview of this process within the year, cohort, but also college? I am aware that…
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Teaching Through Silence
When is silence a useful teaching tool and how could it be applied? During the microteach session, one of my peers Peju used silence to teach knitting to the group. I was amazed at the effect of this method on the group. Peju was showing the group how to knit and we were meant to…
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Values and Ethics in Teaching
Today’s session was the most challenging yet. It focused on Values and Ethics, and asked participants to engage with written policy. The amount of documents was overwhelming, and the response of the group was distracting. There was a feeling of resistance towards the bureaucracy that surrounds teaching as a practice. I found myself responding in…
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Reflection on Micro Teach
Yesterday we had to run a micro-teaching session for the rest of the group. I thought it was an extremely useful session: not just in sharing my own practice and receiving feedback on that, but also learning from others’ teaching methods and practices in order to assure effectiveness. I decided to run a session that…
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Managing Emotions in Teaching?
Today we had our microteaching session which I really enjoyed. Yet, I did find it very emotional, as a lot of the short workshops were designed around, or highlighted challenging personal experiences. But even apart from that, learning and teaching are both vulnerable processes, so how is one to manage emotions in a teaching setting?…
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Cohort Seminar no.1
Reflection on session Today’s session was somewhat introductory. That said, it was insightful to talk about issues and methods that often go unquestioned. It was great to meet other people undertaking the course and hear of their experiences, issues and ways of thinking. What is striking yet unsurprising is the amount of questions that were…
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Observation Briefing
Will need to complete a OB1 form and to give context and teaching materials to the person that will come observe you You will need to complete an OB2 form when you observe. You need to exchange feedback within 2 weeks of observation. There are alternatives that you can use by you shouldn’t. *****Being introduced…