Monthly Archives: January 2025

Reflective Blog Post 3 – Rosenburg, M.B. (2005) Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life

I read chapter three of Rosenburg’s, Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life, in preparation for observing a peer. In this chapter they distinguish between observation and evaluation. They refer to this as NVC, short for Non-Violent Communication. They state that … Continue reading

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Record of Observation or Review of Teaching Practice Observed by a PGCert Peer

Session/artefact to be observed/reviewed: Core Skills Disk Cutting and Doming BAFJ Yr1 Size of student group: 20 Observer: Clare Bannister Observee: Emilia Netto   Note: This record is solely for exchanging developmental feedback between colleagues. Its reflective aspect informs PgCert … Continue reading

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Case Study 2 – Planning and teaching for effective learning

Introduction and Background Within the third year of the BA Fashion Jewellery cohort, we have a diverse group of students with different levels of technical ability and experience, many of which have English as a second or third language. Teaching … Continue reading

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Reflective Blog Post Two – Orr & Shreeve, Chapter 6: Teaching practices for creative practitioners. In Art and Design Pedagogy in Higher Education: Knowledge, Values and Ambiguity in the Creative Curriculum.

In chapter 6, Teaching practises for creative practitioners, Orr and Shreeve look at signature pedagogies encountered in teaching creative arts subjects. Such as the crit, the studio, the brief, the live project, developmental work, research, dialogue exchange and materiality. They … Continue reading

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Reflective Blog Post One – The Potencial of online object-based learning… and design in higher education by Judy Willcocks & Kieran Mahon

This case study by Willcocks and Mahon draws on data collected from students who participated in online workshops aimed to foster a “critical awareness of the connections between colonialism and the climate crisis” (2023, p.188) by examining 18th- and 19th-century … Continue reading

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