Monthly Archives: April 2024
Disability + Intersectionality: Visibility
The phrase ‘drive round the bend’ means to cause someone to go mad with anger. I was once told by an English teacher that in times past this was meant literally. Asylums, sanitariums and homes for the disabled were hidden … Continue reading
Primer Tasks: Workshop 1 + 2
1. Intersectionality Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Colour I have engaged with Crenshaw’s work previously, but not this essay due to it’s content about domestic violence and sexual assault. This was a difficult one, … Continue reading
Unit 1: Theories, Policies and Practices Index
Blog Posts Observations Microteach Case Studies
Case Study 3: Role-play and Assessments
For this case study, I would like to use a specific example of student formative review and propose an alternative approach. Context The students have produced a piece of editorial illustration to accompany an article. All of the students were … Continue reading
Case Study 2: Experiences with Mentoring
Note: For this case study, I will be speaking from lived experience. Returning to education has forced me to reexamine many aspects of learning. Particularly in regards to identity, before I was a teacher and now I am a student. … Continue reading
Case Study 1: Movement Breaks
Contextual Background I am an associate lecturer on the Illustration BA (Hons) at Camberwell College of Arts. One of my main duties is to deliver teaching in a studio environment. We have a significant minority of students with learning differences. … Continue reading
Microteach: Going on an Adventure
The session was inspired by a life drawing project created by Lucia Vinti during the pandemic lockdowns of 2020. (Lucia Vinti, Google Maps Travels.) The digital artefact the participants were asked to engage with was a StreetView location on Google … Continue reading
Record of Observation: Peer
Session/artefact to be observed/reviewed: ‘Unit 4 Methodology Workshop: Comics’ Size of student group: 30-45 Observer: Holly St Clair Observee: Peony Gent Part 1.: Context What is the context of this session/artefact within the curriculum? How long have you been … Continue reading
Review of Teaching Practice: Peer
Artefact to be reviewed: Unit 8 Mapping Workshop Size of student group: approx. 60 students Observer: Peony Gent Observee: Holly St Clair (Meade) Part 1.: Context What is the context of this session within the curriculum? The students are at … Continue reading