myblog | Petra Metzger | Activity https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/members/19037118/activity/ Activity feed for Petra Metzger. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:30:43 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 cab12904bc520981e90a8deb19e0512a Petra Metzger wrote a new post on the site teaching change https://teachingchange.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=169 Wed, 29 Dec 2021 13:06:28 +0000 Teaching context

What is the details of the teaching context?

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Course description

Subject areaFashion Portfolio […]

]]> 0 0cf411f47eec907abb4250ad3d673902 Petra Metzger wrote a new post on the site teaching change https://teachingchange.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=168 Wed, 29 Dec 2021 13:05:41 +0000 Teaching context

What is the details of the teaching context?

Fill out at the beginning of teaching a new student cohort and update if necessary

Course description

Subject areaFashion Portfolio […]

]]> 0 80245a3d49840c187de635dbaa388e58 Petra Metzger wrote a new post on the site teaching change https://teachingchange.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=167 Wed, 29 Dec 2021 13:04:49 +0000 Teaching context

What is the details of the teaching context?

Fill out at the beginning of teaching a new student cohort and update if necessary

Course description

Subject areaFashion Portfolio […]

]]> 0 57ad7d5ca2abff0e4a1cbefbf1ab68f4 Petra Metzger wrote a new post on the site teaching change https://teachingchange.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=159 Mon, 29 Nov 2021 19:05:00 +0000 Reflection on Action Plan

In the review of the action plan from the 11th October I can see how I have been going so far with the project and its planning.

During the initial planning I was aware that the […]

]]> 0 1e32a31df6879b59e2d0d0b3e8b8c8a8 Petra Metzger wrote a new post on the site teaching change https://teachingchange.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=158 Mon, 29 Nov 2021 18:57:50 +0000 Reflection on the Visual Design course in GBS, teaching on Sat 13/11

Teaching context

The student cohort are in their first semester of the Visual Design course. The students attend the course part time, […]

]]> 0 5a0bd760bdc784461f888a1cb0218af2 Petra Metzger wrote a new post on the site teaching change https://teachingchange.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=156 Mon, 29 Nov 2021 18:53:55 +0000 5 Journal 15/11/21

Reflection on the art atelier with the adolescents in the JKS

Before the session

Leading up to the class on the 12/11 with the adolescents I had some time to reflect (Journal 4 12/11) […]

]]> 0 98e3643ed9123670ad2282a9e5feba3f Petra Metzger wrote a new post on the site teaching change https://teachingchange.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=155 Mon, 29 Nov 2021 18:48:36 +0000 Reflection in preparation on the art atelier with teen-age students

The previous session with this group was very challenging. I had the feeling that the group was ‘out of control’. What is my need for con […]

]]> 0 2eb6fd5540e6b6825502707776a00a00 Petra Metzger wrote a new post on the site teaching change https://teachingchange.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=154 Wed, 10 Nov 2021 07:48:22 +0000 Reflection on a challenging teaching experience on 29th Oct

Context

It is an open atelier for painting and graphic at a local art school. The students are between 11 and 16 years old. There are 3 – 4 s […]

]]> 0 18520e647b494e22777fc46e8abaddce Petra Metzger wrote a new post on the site teaching change https://teachingchange.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=153 Mon, 08 Nov 2021 12:41:18 +0000 ‘Comfort zone vs Threat’, Where is the ‘Magic Zone’?

 CSM vs St. Gallen

Here I am comparing my teaching experience of two similar courses, a fashion design short course at CSM and a fashion workshop […]

]]> 0 380d50ac9fe392ed736203dd7eb67aaf Petra Metzger wrote a new post on the site teaching change https://teachingchange.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=152 Mon, 08 Nov 2021 12:37:58 +0000 Pushing vs Guiding and Supporting, where is the tipping point?

When guiding, supporting and being present with students turns into ‘Pushing’

This often happens when the students need to produce a pre […]

]]> 0 3df591860822926955da66fa6553f81f Petra Metzger wrote a new post on the site teaching change https://teachingchange.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=149 Fri, 27 Nov 2020 13:42:45 +0000 Introduction Lecture 1, 29th January 2020. Reading and Reflection

This blog summarises some thoughts from the reading of ‘Race and the Neoliberal University’ by John Holmwood and ‘Improving teaching: Enhan […]

]]> 0 5ef80205b2f08065c30a1ea7e25317db Petra Metzger wrote a new post on the site teaching change https://teachingchange.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=143 Thu, 26 Nov 2020 20:32:23 +0000 The Facilitation of Formulating Questions for Enquiry-based Leraning

The traditional teaching model is where the teacher asks the questions and the kids are trained to answer them. This comes from a time where […]

]]> 0 72f1265794d4c35540d71a64d793dbf8 Petra Metzger wrote a new post on the site teaching change https://teachingchange.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=142 Sun, 22 Nov 2020 13:08:25 +0000 My name is Petra Metzger. I am originally from the Black Forest in Germany. Beyond my professional background as a dressmaker, fashion designer and founder of EINE ltd,

I have developed my teaching practise […]

]]> 0 4015d8ece67580b50eb6e5502554c47f Petra Metzger wrote a new post on the site teaching change https://teachingchange.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=135 Mon, 02 Nov 2020 14:50:20 +0000 Proposal

When teaching emotionally triggering subjects such as the devastating impacts of the fashion industry on our environment or climate catastrophe the way the information is taught can make a big […]

]]> 0 597190a5a4399f3412361f7699195606 Petra Metzger wrote a new post on the site teaching change https://teachingchange.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=121 Thu, 29 Oct 2020 13:29:34 +0000 A framework for online teaching

My observation and experience of online teaching

Over the previous 6 months a lot of the in-person teaching has shifted to online teaching. The familiar way of monitoring […]

]]> 0 a93e694f3e1a9aa5da2181a20f43ecd3 Petra Metzger wrote a new post on the site teaching change https://teachingchange.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=89 Sun, 25 Oct 2020 15:19:00 +0000 The focus for the Micro Teaching session is on Curiosity.

Curiosity is one of the first motors that drive us to learn new things. With that comes the art and the courage to asking […]

]]> 0 50a958d832d12342be3375a71daffdeb Petra Metzger wrote a new post on the site teaching change https://teachingchange.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=85 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 13:36:33 +0000 Reflection on ‘Understanding Enquiry-based Learning’
Peter Kahn and Karen O’Rourke

Why I read the paper? Following the reading from Kirsten Hardie on ‘Wow: the power of objects in object-based learnin […]

]]> 0 0779431b3b3e530bf54d8a36af9b502b Petra Metzger wrote a new post on the site teaching change https://teachingchange.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=57 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 13:13:53 +0000 Reflection on ‘Innovative pedagogies series ‘Wow: The power of objects in object-based learning and teaching’ by Kirsten Hardie

The
technique described in the paper seems like an interesting tool that can […]

]]> 0 32ca2c136a9e753e86094ef541ba1e31 Petra Metzger wrote a new post on the site teaching change https://teachingchange.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=46 Sat, 01 Feb 2020 18:45:52 +0000 by Richie Manu, Academic Learning Support 30th Jan 2020

How does curiosity work? Key characteristics, what is curiosity?

Asking questions  

Entry level questions / diversive language, directly
about […]

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]]> 0 8140ce5015a2b883a418ba6ed77de015 Petra Metzger wrote a new post on the site teaching change https://teachingchange.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=1 Tue, 07 Jan 2020 12:10:28 +0000 There are two layers to my motivation why I decided to start a PG Cert.  One is more personal and the other is more practical and professional.
The personal motivation is the possibility for personal […]

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