Action Research Project.My proposed question.

How can I embed a sense of social purpose (through making) into the course I teach on – GB&I BA (Hons)?

Introductory text from Unit 1 of the […]

Bibliography

Bell, J. and Waters, S. (2014) Doing your research project: A guide for first-time researchers. 6th edition [electronic resource]. Maidenhead: Open University Press. […]

My proposed question.

How can I embed a sense of social purpose (through making) into the course I teach on – GB&I BA (Hons)?

Professional Practice Unit, a cross school programme for al year […]

I attend a final group tutorial, there are three of us with Liz Bunting, I find that these are always worth attending as I invariably learn something new or discover a different way of thinking […]

Arriving at Chelsea School of Art

On a beautiful, sunny winter’s morning we find ourselves as a cohort at Chelsea School of Art. We meet in the most incredible wood panelled meeting room; I […]

I attended a Risograph induction with MA students where we learnt about the printing process. The machine works like a photo copier and screen printing combined. A master is created of your […]

Checking through my e-mail I suddenly notice the possibility of a group tutorial which is almost over. I log on and managed to speak to Rachel, which is really helpful as I have a few outstanding […]

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I attend the‘Radical pedagogies’ talk as part of the staff development week just before Christmas, as the project that was being presented had […]

I had collated pages and pages of Qualitative data from my participatory action research, containing thoughts, opinions, and the experiences & knowledge of both my staff and student […]

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In our last tutorial before the Christmas break with break we are asked

To talk about our projects.Present part of what you’re doing.Simplify the Learning outcomes […]

Doctor Bob Walley is an actor, a fine artist and a dancer, she teaches medical students traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture, she says yes to everything. Anticipate that […]

For my second student workshop, I created a focus group discussion in an informal setting. I had six participants that had attended the original session and two other new members joined to […]

This blog session is held by Dr Rachel Marsden who specialises in creative health, working freelance and as both a Research Fellow and a supervisor for PhD’s across Ual, teaching as […]

Points to go over with Tim

I have written my questions for my student & staff questionnaires and workshop.I have had my ethics form signed off.I have written & created my consent forms, […]

Data collection

I have never done anything like this before, so I decided to use it as an opportunity to experiment. I knew that I wanted to speak to both staff and students to gain […]

In trying to save the time it would take to type up any interviews I conducted. Initially, I decided to engage the staff I wanted to speak to by sending them a questionnaire, This didn’t […]

This was a positive experience, the students I wanted to speak to were already in class when I introduced my project and selected 8 of them to participate during their afternoon break. They […]

This was an incredibly insightful and useful lecture, where we were introduced to the idea of arts based research as a methodology and using the experience of drawing to create data. […]

My ethics form didn’t change a lot from version 1, it was just incomplete for my first submission. I just needed the time to consider what were the questions I wanted to ask and to whom. My ARP […]

Our second session in person, in the depths of LCC. We laugh that managing to find the room should give us points towards our grading, as it is so hidden in the building. We use […]

A visual plan of my Action Research document created in Miro.

To do;

Rewrite and complete Ethics form – refer to workshop materials and ethics resources folder. Reconsider – ask Tim, is it enough to ask questions?  Blog – write up pre tasks for se […]

Dr. Frania Hall is a Senior Lecturer & Course Leader of MA Publishing at LCC, she went from industry into academic research as a teacher. She talks about the evaluative mindset – tools a […]

It’s great to see familiar faces back in person and catch up on all our news. As a group we discuss our APR projects, specifically the questions we are posing. Francesco is […]

DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN YOUR PRACTICE

I need to choose a focus for this unit that relates to my teaching practise, research interests and disciplinary practice. I must consider both a […]

My idea: how can I introduce climate emergency and climate justice into the course I teach on through craft? 

Thoughts on my initial research collated on this subject;

1. […]

I meet Shura for the first time, he teaches me how to Harvard reference something I’ve heard mentioned a lot since starting teaching without understanding wh […]

Notes on your Artefact

Introduction to Graphic Branding and Identity BA (Hons). As part of unit one: Branding Design Principles – the students first introduction to the course, I will hold […]

Artefact description I have written to explain my proposal, for feedback from my PgCert peers, staff colleagues and students on Graphic Branding & Identity BA (Hons). […]

1. How could you apply the resources to your own teaching practice?2. How could you integrate the research/work your students do on this subject into your teaching/professional practice?3. Can […]

Task 2 – Faith in Intersectionality

We were asked to read Social justice/Buddhism/Queerness from Higher power. Religion, Faith, Spiritually & Belief. Consider the questions – how […]

Artefact – how are you using the students or staff? You need to get feedback from those people. You need to implement; deliver the things you are designing. If you can, […]

1. How could you apply the resources to your own teaching practice?2. How could you integrate the research/work your students do on this subject into your teaching/professional practice?3. Can […]

Wednesday 17th MayWe had two guest speakers today MJ Hunter Brueggemann on ‘Challenging Academic Expression’ and Phoenix Perry on ‘Technology | Relationships | Networks | Care wh […]