Creativity in Education: International Perspectives
Creativity has become a buzzword across all disciplines in education and across all phases, from early years through to tertiary education. Although the meaning of creativity can change vastly depending on the global educational setting, it is impossible to ignore the applicability and relevance of creativity as an educational tool, philosophical framework and pedagogical approach.
Reflexivity and positionality in social sciences research
This post links to my contribution to The SRA Blog, in which I write about the purpose and practice of reflexivity and positionality
Recommended readings – a reading list for creative methods
In this post I share my reservation about reading lists, and I share the articles, journals and books that I see as my "go-to" publications.
Creative output: “Just one more time…”
This is an excerpt of "Just one more time...", a fictionalised account of real-life experiences during the first year of the COVID19 pandemic.
Article: Making sense of cultural bumps – Supporting GTAs with teaching
This article reports on a study with over 100 Graduate Teaching Assistants exploring experiences of ‘cultural bumps’ at a UK University.
Article: Scope and continuum of participatory research
In this article, I draw on three case studies to explore the relationship between participatory and creative research methods.
Creative output: “I need duvet days” – Chronically ill academics
This is an example for analysis within Embodied Inquiry from my research with chronically ill academics. The illustrated poem was created from the transcripts of conversations with chronically ill academics and an arts-based approach to making sense of data.
Invisible disabilities in academia
This is a contribution to Times Higher Education from February 2018 about invisible disabilities in the higher education sector.
Joining Ableism in Academia event
Find here the instructions of how to join the Ableism in Academia event via the connected UCL moodle page.
PASAR Connecting Communities conference
This is my contribution to the PASAR Connecting Communities conference, which was held in November 2017.
What’s your message?
In this post I am asking "What's your message?". This is about teachers' behaviours and attitudes and how students perceive these.
Strategies for learning names of students
Strategies for learning names at the beginning of an academic year, and reasons for why learning names is important.
Digest: Value of social networks for teachers
Kelly and Antonio (2016) report on the value of social networks, more sepcifically facebook, for the teaching communities.
Plagiarism workshop resources
Download some resources for a plagiarism workshop from here.
Manage behaviour in lessons
One of the most daunting aspects for new teachers is to manage behaviour in lessons. The dynamics of the classroom and the teacher's personality are probably key to how much classroom management you will need to do and which strategies you can use. However, there are some basic rules that you should consider and that will help you manage behaviour in your lesson.
Sarah Pink: Doing Sensory Ethnography
Pink's understanding of ethnography is broader than that of a study relating to the culture or society of humans. Really, ethnography in Pink's view is a phenomenological study of life world and in the book she offers ways of accessing this life world through a range of channels. Pink suggests including the human senses at all levels of research. This book offers great justification for a less conventional approach to research; an approach where openness to what happens is paramount.