Author Archives: Sean-henry Fitzsimons
Christine Sun Kim
Taking back ownership around sound and those who make it. Christine’s work came from an interpreted struggle with language barriers and not knowing their physical noise-making habits as a child. This has led to an explorative approach to physicality around … Continue reading
Positionality statement.
I am an Irish white male, a middle child from a council estate background. I was born pre-good Friday agreement in Northern Ireland, my family history is Irish Republican, and we stand for a United Ireland. This might give a … Continue reading
Unit 2: Inclusive practice
Seminar one. To digest the content of how we have been placed in an online learning environment, working with a chat box and content being spoken, is a chaotic learning experience and not a place to build physicality in learning … Continue reading
Effective leadership in Higher Education: a literature review.
Alan Bryman (2007) This is the first article I have read on Leadership in Higher Education, something I was pointed towards in my latest formative tutorial. Although this paper is written to be a learning opportunity around leadership in Higher … Continue reading
Improving teaching: Enhancing ways of being university teachers
Gloria Dall’Alba This paper, described my feelings when starting the Pgcert, I am thankful that I waited to read this, if I did so at the beginning, I don’t think I would’ve understood the concepts or vocabulary used in this … Continue reading
The becoming of a designer: An affective pedagogical approach to modelling and scaffolding risk-taking
Lisa Grocott and Kate McEntee – Monash UniversityKathryn Coleman – University of MelbourneRoger Manixv -Parsons School of Design and Brooklyn College This was a fascinating article to read, I came across it while reading Tim Savage’s paper on creative technician … Continue reading
Creative arts technicians in academia: To transition or not to transition?
Tim SavageUniversity for the Creative Arts Is this it? have I found answers to the questions I have been having… Where am I?, do I belong? , Am I on the right journey? Tim Savage has really opened my mind … Continue reading
Micro-sessions from my peers.
The micro-teaching session was a really fun and exciting day, after going first I had some great observations and reflections on my own skills and took this day as a learning day. Alix – Laptop image of a Jordan shoe … Continue reading
Active Learning Pedagogy (ALP)
Active learning and creativity in education.Anna Douglas (Goldsmiths College, University of London) andAdam Unwin (Institute of Education, University of London) Active learning has been apart my approach to teaching in my career, before I started teaching professionally. I will upload … Continue reading
Systems thinking, learning and values in evaluation
Systems thinking, learning and values in evaluation In this article, the breakdown of loop interactions of learning comes into scope. The values relate to the purpose of the outcome, either embedding relatable system thinking or building a sustainable practice. Reading … Continue reading