Initially I found it quite difficult to come up with a topic for my object based learning microteach because I kept approaching the task by trying to think of the object first.After much deliberation, I eventually realised that it was much easier to decide what I was going to teach first and then the rest… Continue reading Microteach
Love and care
After reading Dr Laura D’Olimpio’s article about the Ethics of Care – which is also known as Feminist Ethics, I have been thinking about how the world could really do with more of this!Although I wonder if calling it the feminist ethic immediately creates a barrier, alienates men who are caring/in caring roles and perhaps… Continue reading Love and care
Play, the TEF and marking outcomes
Gadamer’s Ethics of Play: Hermeneutics and the OtherTo be completely honest, I found this to be quite heavy going. I haven’t studied for over 20 years and I found it hard to follow the text and had to look up every other word. I persisted with it, skimmed it over then re-read it a second… Continue reading Play, the TEF and marking outcomes
First tutorial session
Today was our first tutorial session with Rahul. Participants gave a short presentation on their teaching context and shared an article they’d found in the Spark journal. The piece I found was written by Clare Sams How do art and design technicians conceive of their role in higher education? I chose it because I felt… Continue reading First tutorial session
Introduction session
Today we listened to talks from James Wisdom and Victoria Odeniyi. I found both really interesting. James articulated and summarised pretty much what I feel about Higher Education at the moment and it looks pretty depressing. Victoria’s insights on language were very thought provoking. There was a discussion about silence which I found particularly interesting… Continue reading Introduction session
Day 1
Hello I’m Ching-Li. I moved to London from Melbourne 14 years ago and have been stuck here ever since! I currently teach Graphic Design at the Media School at LCC and I’m doing the PG Cert to improve my teaching and broaden my horizons in the world of education.