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Observation of my teaching practice by a peer
Session/artefact to be observed/reviewed: Marquetry Masterclass & PPT Size of student group:23 Observer: Kitty Eyes Observee: Fflur Owen Part OneObservee to complete in brief and send to observer prior to the observation or review: What is the context of this session/artefact within the curriculum? This session is a master class taught by myself to Year…
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Case Study 3
Assessing learning and exchanging feedback Contextual Background For my final case study on Assessing learning and exchanging feedback, I will discuss a recent Formative Assessment Point (FAP) from the Year 1 BA Bags & Accessories ‘Creative Identity’ unit. Following the Briefing students research designer brands in their teams, compiling findings into a 15-page presentation, before…
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Blog Post 4
Workshop 5 – Assessing Having spent the last few weeks Assessing the first year’s second unit submissions, I felt I had much to discuss during Workshop 5. I find some of the tasks during the breakout rooms difficult to tackle, I’m often hesitant to voice my opinions as I don’t understand the questions; the academic…
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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…