Dr Nicole Brown

This post links to my contribution to The SRA Blog, in which I write about the purpose and practice of reflexivity and positionality

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.

This article presents disabled academics' experiences and collective understandings of ableism as constructed through normalisation and able-bodiedness.

This post is a link to a recording from my presentation "Disclosure Dances" presented on the 30 June 2021 at the UCL Institute of Education.

I was invited to contribute to the Photovoice Worldwide webinar series to present the Systematic Visuo-Textual Analysis, a framework for analysing visual and textual data.

Handbags: I am inviting you to take in part in my research project. Information, contact details and consent form available from here.

This is the link to the PDF version of the article "Preventing plagiarism and fostering academic identity: a practical approach" (Brown and Janssen, 2017).

This is my contribution to the international conference "Connecting Higher Education" held at UCL Institute of Education in collaboration with McMaster University, Canada and University of Adelaide, Australia.

Providing feedback is important to improve learning. So here are some examples for providing feedback that foster students' engagement.

Watch my presentation and download my sketchnote summary about STEP from the UCL Teaching and Learning conference.

Games are often used as motivators in lessons, but games shall not become the main focus. We are teachers and learning needs to be central to lessons.

The classroom is a place where learning happens and should be encouraged, therefore classroom management relates to the strategies a teacher can use to organise students' learning. According to Garrett (2015) classroom management can be considered in five categories: behavioural management and discipline, the layout of a classroom, rules and routines, the relevance of relationships and the importance of instruction. Good classroom management is proactive and about the students' learning.

Often as teachers we find it difficult to cater for all of our students' needs, but we should not forget that the needs may also be strengths. Here is a great visual that demonstrates the benefits of bilingualism, even if catering for English as Additional Language learners may sometimes feel an added burden.