Sip Reflection: The Walk 27/11/21

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …