As part of the thematic analysis process I decided to write this reflection to bring back my own memories and insights while I’m about to familiarise myself with the data. The plan was to take a walk with my students, as in the style of the Guy Dabord and the Situationist’s ‘Derive’. . but also …
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Tutorials 6th December
Today was our last tutorial for the Sip. I had a small breakthrough, as I decided to record my presentation as a way to overcome my recent anxiety. This was actually a good learning process and helped me review my presentation. So I will definitely do this for the final submission. The feedback from the …
Sip Workshop 3
22nd November 2021 Today I managed to present something in a seminar without having a panic attack, (it seems to be a current theme). The seminar was focussing on data analyses, there was a lot to take in, but I’m feeling positive. I am starting to visualise my project as a whole entity, even though …
Don’t hide the mess – SIP Progress 30th October
Don’t hide the mess! One of the key points I’m beginning to understand is that the process of action research is a messy one, and that’s ok. This is something that my tutor mentioned in a recent catch up chat. It was reassuring as I have felt lost with which way to go with it …
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SIP Workshop 1
SIP Workshop 1 on the PGCert programme Yesterday I attended the SIP workshop which was a day long seminar introducing methods for research and this unit brief. I hadn’t yet identified my research question, but there were lots of activities to work through ideas as well as advice about how to choose a topic that …
Microteach planning: Haptic drawing
The task for this session was to prepare and deliver a 20-minute synchronous online learning activity based around a physical or virtual object. The object I based the activity around was a scrunched paper ball. I thought this would be an accessible object, that participants could easily make in their own space. I was interested …
Feedback, Performing to an Invisible Audience
Seminar on 1 March I found the reading and resources for this seminar really helpful for teaching online. The video ‘Performing to an invisible audience’ especially so. I had been feeling anxious and blocked with planning for online sessions. Part of the difficulty was that I missed seeing faces and being in the same space …
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Love, care and belonging
15th February 2021 The theme for today’s seminar was love, care and belonging. I explored the following resources to prepare for this seminar; Bell Hook’s, All About Love, Introduction chapter and The Art of Loving in the Classroom: A Defence of Affective Pedagogy by Alan Patience. I made the following notes to prep for the …
Reading reflection Understanding Art: The Play of work and Spectator (Vilhauer 2010)
In this text Vilhauer presents Gadamer’s concept of play as an ‘event’ of understanding that occurs in the experiencing of a work of art. Play is described as a movement, back and forth between the players, play is something that happens between the participants. I can see how this concept is significant when thinking about …
Jan 18th Tutor group
Summary of presentation for 18th Jan: Hello, I’m Rochelle I teach in a few different contexts as a VL and AL. I’ve been delivering short courses at UAL for the last 10 years, I run the Saturday Club North at CSM and work on the Insights program with Outreach at CCW. I also work at …