myblog | Andrew Fisher | Activity https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/members/afisher/activity/ Activity feed for Andrew Fisher. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 23:08:42 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 805276f42556748fb9b9275f0f502742 Andrew Fisher wrote a new post on the site Andrew's PG Cert Blog https://pgcert24af.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=395 Thu, 16 Jan 2025 21:17:14 +0000 PresentationHere are the slides, in PDF format, for the final presentation of my project. ARP_AndrewFisherDownload

]]> 0 beb2afcb2f792b7f81ac0ab78f6d83ed Andrew Fisher wrote a new post on the site Andrew's PG Cert Blog https://pgcert24af.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=380 Fri, 10 Jan 2025 16:26:00 +0000 Bringing everything togetherAs this project enters its final stages, a reflective summary of what has taken place is called for. Firstly, here is an overview of what I […]

]]> 0 029ec29c138d19df468f04fc3aa36b01 Andrew Fisher wrote a new post on the site Andrew's PG Cert Blog https://pgcert24af.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=272 Mon, 06 Jan 2025 17:30:00 +0000 My Action Research ProjectI have chosen to explore issues related to students’ wellbeing and mental health, and the impact that I, as a tutor, can have upon my […]

]]> 0 a173746d8026b2b0bbfe8ae3e7671ebd Andrew Fisher wrote a new post on the site Andrew's PG Cert Blog https://pgcert24af.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=353 Wed, 11 Dec 2024 21:04:00 +0000 Developing a QuestionnaireHaving read of the prevalence of mental health issues amongst university students, some common causes and some pedagogical approaches aimed […]

]]> 0 9523d79a078545a697bcdbeddd1b64b5 Andrew Fisher wrote a new post on the site Andrew's PG Cert Blog https://pgcert24af.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=356 Mon, 09 Dec 2024 20:49:00 +0000 Strategies for Reducing Student AnxietyHaving looked at the bad news, the causes of stress and anxiety, let us now turn to what action can be taken to alleviate this … there is […]

]]> 0 ad612cb384b98729f2ae526e0580484f Andrew Fisher wrote a new post on the site Andrew's PG Cert Blog https://pgcert24af.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=334 Sat, 07 Dec 2024 16:12:00 +0000 Causes of Stress and AnxietyIn this post we summarise causes of stress and anxiety, as expounded in various texts. But before doing so, some definition of terms may be […]

]]> 0 40b7cec966900769911906ea03e8436c Andrew Fisher wrote a new post on the site Andrew's PG Cert Blog https://pgcert24af.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=276 Sat, 07 Dec 2024 14:40:54 +0000 Questions from ClaudeAt the onset of the PG Cert I thought of using this as an opportunity to try a few more things using chatbots, and in January I used […]

]]> 0 d53d0e90b87cfa37db2a89b043078976 Andrew Fisher wrote a new post on the site Andrew's PG Cert Blog https://pgcert24af.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=264 Thu, 05 Dec 2024 19:41:35 +0000 Ethical Action Plan, Version 21. What is your project focus? How can tutors engage with Pre-sessional Students in a manner that is unlikely to induce unnecessary […]

]]> 0 f15f23c34e22181caf2cd011ec302267 Andrew Fisher wrote a new post on the site Andrew's PG Cert Blog https://pgcert24af.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=323 Fri, 29 Nov 2024 13:24:00 +0000 The Lay of the LandFrom the view of a casual observer, the increasing coverage of mental health issues in the media has been clear to see over recent years, and […]

]]> 0 8aa93b324cea5a47ec3b28ea91b8a18c Andrew Fisher wrote a new post on the site Andrew's PG Cert Blog https://pgcert24af.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=310 Sat, 16 Nov 2024 20:39:00 +0000 The Ethnographic ApproachesIn this post I take a brief look at Ethnography as a research approach, and its offsprings Autoethnography and Linguistic […]

]]> 0 63bc1c9d8d05865373e7dc581df92fa8 Andrew Fisher wrote a new post on the site Andrew's PG Cert Blog https://pgcert24af.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=288 Sat, 09 Nov 2024 17:52:00 +0000 Approaches to ResearchWhen I first began thinking about this project early in the summer, I misconceived what I would be undertaking and believed it to be like a […]

]]> 0 49374c922d4ca0dffa4ca2151fd1bcd5 Andrew Fisher wrote a new post on the site Andrew's PG Cert Blog https://pgcert24af.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=388 Fri, 08 Nov 2024 19:05:00 +0000 Decisions and ConversationsIn our first workshops, six weeks ago now, we were introduced to an Action Research Cycle (based on McNiff and Whitehead 2009), and the idea […]

]]> 0 dfffbfade3c6ddfeb2b5f373fdaa8255 Andrew Fisher wrote a new post on the site Andrew's PG Cert Blog https://pgcert24af.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=259 Mon, 28 Oct 2024 18:43:10 +0000 Ethical Action Plan, Version 11. What is your project focus? The Mental Wellbeing of Pre-sessional Students. The context is a course of short duration (up to 12 […]

]]> 0 65894971881016cc1bc7484e513bcb93 Andrew Fisher wrote a new post on the site Andrew's PG Cert Blog https://pgcert24af.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=278 Fri, 04 Oct 2024 15:33:00 +0000 Setting ForthMy main role within UAL is as a tutor on the summer Pre-sessional English (PSE) courses. My first year was 2019, which was face-to-face in […]

]]> 0 f3d5abe1ec30136396c35f6efe5cdc89 Andrew Fisher wrote a new post on the site Andrew's PG Cert Blog https://pgcert24af.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=225 Mon, 22 Jul 2024 14:16:00 +0000 Intervention Report: Effective Feedback for Pre-sessional English StudentsWorking with the Language Centre my main role is as a tutor on the summer Pre-sessional English (PSE) programme. This is now my sixth year, […]

]]> 0 0af1cd02d537698c435b495307b1963f Andrew Fisher posted a new activity comment https://19036688.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2024/06/20/blog-task-3-anti-racism/#comment-8 Mon, 08 Jul 2024 14:29:37 +0000 In an ideal setting it would only be necessary for us to represent diversity through curriculum content and by staff representing varied communities (I noticed in your response to Lucy’s post that UAL is nearing 30% BAME staff representation; I wonder what the figures for disability are). But as you point out, it “requires dedication and int…Read more

In reply to - Alessia De Oliveira Rocha Catani wrote a new post on the site 19036688's blog Blog Task 3- Anti-racismAcross the shared resources, we can see numerous examples highlighting the persistent inequalities related to […] ]]> d584606ae582193cf34d959c52ab5061 Andrew Fisher wrote a new post on the site Andrew's PG Cert Blog https://pgcert24af.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=196 Fri, 28 Jun 2024 13:51:46 +0000 Blog Post #3: RaceBeginning with Sadiq and his views on diversity awareness training (TED, 2023), he says we are presented with a poster with someone who’s a […]

]]> 1 76da362645321574c7fd71e3442bb629 Andrew Fisher posted a new activity comment https://19036688.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2024/05/21/blog-post-2-intersectionality-and-faith/#comment-6 Tue, 18 Jun 2024 19:49:04 +0000 The history of art and design could be seen as running parallel to the history of religion. Throughout much of European history the Church, whether Catholic, Protestant or Orthodox, has exerted an enormous influence over the entire population from paupers to princes (sorry, I do like alliteration!). Additionally, the Catholic church, with its…Read more

In reply to - Alessia De Oliveira Rocha Catani wrote a new post on the site 19036688's blog Blog post 2- Intersectionality and faithThe reading and analysis of all materials, combined with class discussions during workshops 3 […] ]]> 47f4bbe05dbfbacc5fcd047b882a51e8 Andrew Fisher wrote a new post on the site Andrew's PG Cert Blog https://pgcert24af.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=184 Fri, 07 Jun 2024 14:55:15 +0000 Blog Post #2: FaithThere is much quality information afforded to us in TED Talks, but “Is religion good or bad?” (2014), which includes many inaccuracies, has […]

]]> 0 008613bdcd3794b012ec515f26e1eea5 Andrew Fisher wrote a new post on the site Andrew's PG Cert Blog https://pgcert24af.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=179 Fri, 31 May 2024 16:36:50 +0000 Intervention: OutlineContext For 12 weeks over this summer I will be a tutor of Pre-sessional English. This will be my sixth year teaching on these courses and […]

]]> 0 5ae0ec6f0b8264fb46d6d09430e4bc88 Andrew Fisher posted a new activity comment https://19036688.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2024/04/28/blog-post-1-intersectionality-and-disability/#comment-3 Sun, 19 May 2024 10:38:29 +0000 Intersectionality is a simple concept in itself, but I agree with you that our understanding of its workings and implications are at present ‘shallow’.
Whilst the videos of Adepitan and Brown present a clear intersection, that of Christine Sun Kim does not: it’s interesting that the titles of the videos given to us in Moodle don’t reveal the…Read more

In reply to - Alessia De Oliveira Rocha Catani wrote a new post on the site 19036688's blog Blog post 1- Intersectionality and disabilityBy watching the three videos, we see Ade, Christine, and Chay sharing their experiences and […] ]]> fccdf91b4e7a5904e0f105b21673b707 Andrew Fisher posted a new activity comment https://pgcert24af.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2024/04/28/blog-task-1-disability/#comment-7 Sat, 04 May 2024 22:12:59 +0000 Yes, in the case of Adepitan he seems to have been successful in both his sport and his media career, so neither of the potential areas of discrimination have inhibited his achievement as far as we can tell. I hope it doesn’t sound flippant to say that his particular sporting success was only possible because of his physical disability. But he…Read more

In reply to - Andrew Fisher wrote a new post on the site Andrew's PG Cert Blog Blog Task #1: DisabilityKimberlé Crenshaw is credited as introducing the term intersectionality in essays published over 30 years ago; one being a […] ]]> 7e23d87b0a3fba2b8545f930635c5abd Andrew Fisher posted a new activity comment https://lucyfinnegan.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2024/04/26/inclusive-practices/#comment-4 Sat, 04 May 2024 18:40:49 +0000 Then we can be proud as an institution that we have been able to have such a positive effect on this person’s life, and proud to have proactive staff such as you that made it happen.

In reply to - Lucy Finnegan wrote a new post on the site lucys blog Inclusive practicesBlog Post 1 – Intersectionality Whilst Kimberle Crenshaw’s paper on Intersectionality focus on violence against women of colour ( […] ]]> 75f9a46f44493bc0ea8dc07dddedf19a Andrew Fisher posted a new activity comment https://lucyfinnegan.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2024/04/26/inclusive-practices/#comment-2 Thu, 02 May 2024 17:27:29 +0000 You make some interesting observations, Lucy, but I’d like to explore a little more the student you give some details of in your final paragraph. What I find genuinely shocking is that their dyslexia and ADHD were not detected earlier, or if it was, why no support was given. I wonder if they were schooled in the UK and how old the student is—I a…Read more

In reply to - Lucy Finnegan wrote a new post on the site lucys blog Inclusive practicesBlog Post 1 – Intersectionality Whilst Kimberle Crenshaw’s paper on Intersectionality focus on violence against women of colour ( […] ]]> 286a63bd4bd07c3fe9ec318c69e1f005 Andrew Fisher posted a new activity comment https://pgcert24af.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2024/04/28/blog-task-1-disability/#comment-3 Thu, 02 May 2024 11:21:50 +0000 Thanks, Zoi, you offer some thoughts that I need to give time to digesting. But one aspect that I’ll respond to here now is for us to “challenge the fixed categories of identity”. Maybe it’s (partly) because I am a white male, which can be viewed as a privileged position, but I am very reluctant to categorise people unless they first declare how…Read more

In reply to - Andrew Fisher wrote a new post on the site Andrew's PG Cert Blog Blog Task #1: DisabilityKimberlé Crenshaw is credited as introducing the term intersectionality in essays published over 30 years ago; one being a […] ]]> 71a6547bb747c60fa9b60218cb38672d Andrew Fisher wrote a new post on the site Andrew's PG Cert Blog https://pgcert24af.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=166 Sun, 28 Apr 2024 12:10:00 +0000 Blog Task #1: DisabilityKimberlé Crenshaw is credited as introducing the term intersectionality in essays published over 30 years ago; one being a core text for […]

]]> 6 32526bc3f3fe95adabae86077093d4c4 Andrew Fisher wrote a new post on the site Andrew's PG Cert Blog https://pgcert24af.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=119 Wed, 20 Mar 2024 21:00:00 +0000 Review of Teaching PracticeReview of Teaching Practice, by Tutor Review-of-Teaching-Practice-TutorDownload Review of Teaching Practice, by Peer Pending Review of Peer’s Teaching Practice Record-of-ObservationDownload

]]> 0 2b71468a57614be0422490bfeef932f2 Andrew Fisher wrote a new post on the site Andrew's PG Cert Blog https://pgcert24af.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=154 Wed, 20 Mar 2024 18:31:25 +0000 What the student doesThe work of John Biggs is oft-cited, and his 1999 article What the Student Does: teaching for enhanced learning is a suggested text in the PG […]

]]> 0 3938b7c4cbf25696b6c59a2e97212366 Andrew Fisher wrote a new post on the site Andrew's PG Cert Blog https://pgcert24af.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=136 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 14:29:09 +0000 Case Study 3Assessing Learning and Exchanging Feedback Contextual Background Once again, the context is Pre-sessional English, and this year there […]

]]> 0 97902d55fb8e1a5dfbeb06941032e00d Andrew Fisher wrote a new post on the site Andrew's PG Cert Blog https://pgcert24af.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=109 Fri, 08 Mar 2024 19:22:00 +0000 Plan For and Support Student Learning Through Appropriate Approaches and Environments

Contextual Background

As my previous case study, the context is Pre-sessional English classes, which mostly consist of […]

]]> 0 14fde6a4c0b1168adae015c769ca61f5 Andrew Fisher wrote a new post on the site Andrew's PG Cert Blog https://pgcert24af.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=95 Mon, 26 Feb 2024 21:39:00 +0000 Knowing and Responding to Your Students’ Diverse Needs

Contextual Background

Pre-sessional English provides courses of various durations so as to cater for students with different language abilities on […]

]]> 0 f65b7614f98df8f4905ad71778aa7cdd Andrew Fisher wrote a new post on the site Andrew's PG Cert Blog https://pgcert24af.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=78 Fri, 23 Feb 2024 08:46:16 +0000 No More 'Black' Artists?For Workshop 3 my assigned reading is from bell hooks, a hugely influential writer who addressed issues such as race, feminism and class, and […]

]]> 0 4e64fbb061951ae680da6de48bd97659 Andrew Fisher wrote a new post on the site Andrew's PG Cert Blog https://pgcert24af.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=72 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 21:24:51 +0000 The Physical and the VirtualThe Microteaching task we have completed had the remit of being based around an object, with a physical item intended rather than merely a […]

]]> 0 495ab8bfabd6ae06b2b77a94aa6d12a9 Andrew Fisher wrote a new post on the site Andrew's PG Cert Blog https://pgcert24af.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=58 Fri, 16 Feb 2024 15:52:21 +0000 For the topic of my 20-minute microteach I chose the theme of cave painting. This is not a subject where I had any particular knowledge and therefore had to undertake a little research both to be informed and to […]

]]> 0 961de1a250c3b65fd5366c46e6abff0d Andrew Fisher wrote a new post on the site Andrew's PG Cert Blog https://pgcert24af.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=38 Fri, 26 Jan 2024 15:53:19 +0000 Over the past week I’ve been reading numerous texts in order to familiarise myself with various concepts and themes. Despite reading an assortment of articles and chapters on pedagogy and inclusivity, a term that […]

]]> 1 b7c93e928d4b9e9c7fcb0b66ecc3ca49 Andrew Fisher wrote a new post on the site Andrew's PG Cert Blog https://pgcert24af.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=26 Tue, 09 Jan 2024 21:23:29 +0000 An established use of AI Chatbots in academic study is to feed in a text and request a summary. A condensed version of an article or similar text can be used to see if a text is worth giving the time to read in […]

]]> 0 20ca248d1bb38d2b037f575a45c7d457 Andrew Fisher wrote a new post on the site Andrew's PG Cert Blog https://pgcert24af.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=25 Tue, 09 Jan 2024 17:46:58 +0000 The article assigned to me is:

Polly Savage, ‘The New Life’: Mozambican Art Students in the USSR, and the Aesthetic Epistemologies of Anti-Colonial Solidarity (2022)

With interests in history and politics, […]

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