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Micro Teaching
For my micro teaching I based my 20min session on three shoes as the objects. I’ve been a sports footwear designer for over 20yrs. The three shoes I brought in were as follows The activity for the group was to write on ‘Post Its’ one word about three different elements of the shoes. These elements…
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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…
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Neurodiversity and Me.
“I was really keen to learn but was never able to recall facts as my friends did and i was much slower” Forsyth&Power (2020) Starting this blog, even getting to the stage where i can navigate to the correct page on the wordpress platform and begin typing has been a real challege for me. I’m…
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Hello from Nick and welcome to my PGCERT blog!
Welcome to myblog.arts. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! My name is Nick Dunn, i’m a Senior Tutor (Year 2 Leader) on the BA (Hons) in Textiles Design at Chelsea College of Art. I’ve been a contracted academic at Chelsea for 5 years and prior to this i’ve been…