‘Belonging’ and ‘Resilience’ in Higher Education
Back in July, I gave a brief presentation at the University of Leicester’s Annual Learning and Teaching Conference. Based on some stuff I’d been reading and had been on my mind for a while, the presentation sought to problematise notions of ‘belonging’ and ‘resilience’ in contemporary higher education (HE). This was in response to […]
Working with schools, supporting transtions
On Tuesday 20th June, a group of colleagues from a range of disciplines got together with members of the LLI and the Library to discuss the role of schools liaison work in helping inform how we support student transitions to HE study. I kicked things off by setting some context – in particular the […]
Educational policy and practice: how ‘evidence-based’ can or should it be?
‘On the research side, evidence-based education seems to favour a technocratic model in which it is assumed that the only relevant research questions are questions about the effectiveness of educational means and techniques, forgetting, among other things, that what counts as ‘‘effective’’ crucially depends on judgements about what is educationally desirable. On the practice side, […]
Internationalisation and Teaching International Students
On Wednesday 1st February, I had the pleasure of co-running, with Dan Jones from the English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU), an LLI-hosted session on Teaching International Students. The session focussed on the following themes: Considering some common experiences and challenges for all HE students Focussing, in particular, on teaching students who are non-native speakers […]
‘Holiploigy’ – capturing the complex and emergent nature of teaching, learning and curriculum
Thursday 24th November saw the second in a year-long series of HE Seminars, hosted by the LLI. The seminar, led by Dr Phil Wood (School of Education), was entitled: ‘Conceptualising the complexity of teaching in Higher Education – developing the case for holiploigy.’ As Phil explained, the latter term – new to those of us attending the seminar! […]
Equality and diversity: an example of Socratic Questioning
A recent LLI meeting reflecting on how we could apply the University wide Equality and Diversity training to our teaching, revealed a strong connection to criticality. To critically question the assumptions, viewpoints, power dynamics and other issues that we hold to be the accepted norm can cause us to challenge barriers around race, gender, sexual […]
New teaching resources to support students’ learning
We’ve recently added new resources to our learning development teaching resource page. These resources provide teachers with exercises and materials they can adapt and contextualise for their own disciplinary contexts. Current resources are organised under the three categories below. A fourth, focussing on supporting students’ presentation skills, will be added very shortly. Teaching resources to support […]
Using the different types of blog in Blackboard
Blogging is a good way to get students to engage with a topic and to collaborate with each other. Students can prepare for seminars or tutorials, allowing the teacher to move to deeper learning more quickly. Writing and critical skills can also improve. Quieter and less confident students can prepare their contributions and have their […]
Assessment as dialogue
The following is a brief summary of a session on assessment as dialogue. The session ran on Wednesday, 14th September, as part of the LLI’s Focus On… activities. The themes covered were: Reflecting on what we mean by dialogue in education and the different ways we might enable it Looking at assessment, feedback and dialogue […]
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