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Case Study 2
Planning and teaching for effective learning Contextual Background For this case study I will be discussing an early session I taught for BA Bags & Accessories. The session was a part of the student’s Introduction to Fashion Bags and Accessories (Intro to) unit. During this, I aimed to explain how to “Research for Design and…
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Case study 1
Knowing and meeting the needs of diverse learners Contextual Background This will be my second year as a tutor for Year 1 on the BA (Hons) Cordwainers Fashion Bags and Accessories course. Having experienced teaching on all Year1 units, I’ve had time to evaluate and reflect on how we can adapt sessions to help support…
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Blog Post 3 – Workshop 4
Learning outcomes. As I transitioned from a technical role to teaching, I encountered learning outcomes (LOs) as a relatively new concept. I’ve always set myself goals on what I hope to achieve and deliver within a session, but I have to admit as a Technical member of staff I didn’t take much notice of LOs…
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Blog Post 2 – Micro Teaching
The thought of presenting a 20-minute micro-teaching session to my peers was a bit daunting when it was first proposed to me, this was my first experience of micro-teaching, and the term was a bit unfamiliar to me. Once I got a better understanding of it, and I thought of it more as a “mini-session”…
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Blog Post 1
The week following Workshop 2 I can’t actually believe I’m writing yet another blog post already, this week was over so quickly, we had our second PGCert workshop, It’s been a very busy week course leading, and I’ve truly enjoyed trying to balance all the tasks and workload- It’s been a bit of a juggling…
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Thoughts following Workshop 1
This morning I decided to treat myself to some me time, so I took an early Pilates class and treated myself to a pastry and nice warm coffee and a walk through the vintage market on the high road, now I’m back at my desk ready to catch-up with my homework for the PGCert class.…