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Intervention & Reflective Report
Introduction I’m a senior tutor, year 2 leader on the BA Textile Design course at Chelsea College of Arts. The main focus of my role is the following: In my professional practice I’m a sports footwear designer who’s worked at a senior level in-house and as a consultant for the top global sportswear companies. As…
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Blog Post 3, Race
Introduction Firstly, it’s important to acknowledge because of the subject matter how challenging this particular reading list/material was for me personally to engage with. Primarily because of my own background and positioning. As a middle aged, cis gendered black British male, neurodivergent creative academic, a Londoner raised in a black Caribbean household, I’ve considered the…
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CASE STUDY 3,Assessing learning and exchanging feedback.
Introduction & Background For 5 years and now I’ve been a contracted academic (Year 2 leader/Senior Lecturer BA textile design) running studio- based group learning activities as well as one-two-one tutorials. For my AL/VP time prior to my contracted year leader role I would say my knowledge was intuitive, limited to my own teaching experience…
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Case Study 2, Planning & Teaching for Effective Learning
Introduction & Background The planning of our workshops seminars is always a challenge because of the very limited time we have assigned to planning teaching within the academic year. BA (HONS) Textile design academics are uniquely split between the following: Each academic group has their main focus and bias towards what they perceive should be…
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CASE STUDY 1, Knowing and Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners
Introduction & Background I started my academic teaching career as an Associate/Visiting Practitioner (AL/VP) on BA (Hons) courses within UAL. I worked as an AL/VP for 5 years and have now employed as a contracted academic (Year 2 leader/Senior Lecturer BA textile design) for the last 5 years, running studio- based group learning activities as…