Undertaking this PG Cert has proved enlightening for many reasons, one thing being having been diagnosed as dyslexic. Not something that came as a huge surprise, yet something that at 30 years old felt like I finally had a grasp … Continue reading →

Extra quotes from Gadamer’s texts.

There were many moments of ‘YES, I agree’ whilst reading this text and there were many quotes that resonate with my teaching practice: “Understanding itself only takes place in a dynamic, interactive, interpretive process of working through meaning with others” … Continue reading →

Whilst looking for some of the articles from the group tutorial I came across this paper from Spark called ‘Drawing Laboratory: Research, workshops and outcomes’. The article documents the development and running of a pilot scheme called ‘Drawing Laboratory’ at … Continue reading →

All the bits of my 5 minute presentation. During the process of making the presentation it got me thinking about visual language and where this sits within the PG Cert? I’m going to follow these threads of interest.

I have been reading these without the PG Cert in mind but have been finding some links and quotes that I think apply. These books are making me aware of the juxtaposition between group work and independent learning and how … Continue reading →

Group tutorial #1 started with 5min introductions from everyone. I really enjoyed hearing about everyones practice and the room was full of very interesting people. There were lots of pedagogical references highlighted, and I am going to try to get … Continue reading →

Holmwood 2018: Race and the Neoliberal University Dall’Alba 2005: Improving Teaching Thoughts and reflections on the texts. *Please note: My images are also words.