Tag Archives: reflection
Action: Podcast Episode 2
Watch the podcast here: https://youtu.be/mcc3IhpDZiY The recording was made on 11th December 2024. I wrote the personal reflection shortly after and gathered audience feedback in January and February 2025 through an online listening session, written and oral feedback delivered remotely. … Continue reading
Observational Learning
In my studio visit with Thomas O’Mahony, we discussed the kind of role-playing involved in podcasting – particularly in relation to Lions Led by Donkeys and Beneath the Skin. In these shows the host plays the role of ‘teacher’ and … Continue reading
Action Research Project: What do!?
(This blog is written with the delicious clarity of distance and time.) In a mentoring session, I worked through what I might do for my Action Research Project. One thing I’ve learnt on the PgCert is that I’m a verbal … Continue reading
Faith: Complicated, Complicated, Complicated
In an attempt to untangle my thoughts, I will frame these reflections with some personal history. I am a Catholic, but I don’t believe in capital ‘G’ God. This quote from Dara Ó Briain sums it up nicely (although I … 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
Comic: Planned + Safe Anxiety
Reflection: What aims and principles of Higher Education are important to me?
“When these basic principles of love form the basis of teacher-pupil interaction the mutual pursuit of knowledge creates the conditions for optimal learning. Teachers, then, are learning while teaching, and students are learning and sharing knowledge.” bell hooks, Teaching Community, … Continue reading
Fight Me: Reflections on Workshops 3 + 4
“The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.” Audre Lorde Workshop 3 We were first given a list of aphorisms to respond to. One sentiment that kept reappearing today was that arts education is fundamentally … Continue reading
On String and Staircases: Reflections on Workshops 1 + 2
String We began with a ball of string. Every time a person spoke on our table the string was passed around a finger and thrown across to the next speaker. The ball of string had an interesting effect. The meta-conversation … Continue reading