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Action Research Plan
My panning is always flaky a best (hello ADHD!), so i never really wrote down a plan of action; however, I did have a clear idea of wanting the research driven by students experiences, and not so heavily influenced by … Continue reading
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Neurodivergent Colleagues
As an adult neuro-divergent individual I have realised that not only our students are often ND, but also my colleauges in industry and education are highly likely to be. As a matter of fact at least three of us Contour … Continue reading
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Confidentiality and Power Imbalance
The ability for students to be open about their neurodivergence is key for me to collect helpful information. The project is trying to empower students; therefore it needs to deal with vulnerability. Having done an MA before, where I was … Continue reading
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Questionnaire
The questionnaire I have asked students to fill in for me is aimed at neurodivergent students in Contour. I have sent this out to all students on the Contour course, leaving it open for students who are diagnosed or identifying … Continue reading
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The origins
My action research is about promoting a positive attitude towards neurodivergence in Fashion Contour students who are affected by it. The reason why I am focusing on this category of students is that we have noticed the percentage of dyslexic … Continue reading
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Reading (well, listening to, via Speechify) about intersectional PHD students reporting their struggles in academia (Bradbury 2023), I felt very seen. I feel bad even saying it, because I have always considered myself very privileged, but I have started viewing … Continue reading
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Faith and believes
However, I do have an opinion about faith, in general: faith is born of an inner need for something higher and bigger than us. It could be a higher being, or several, or a higher force, energy. Something that elevate … Continue reading
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Enabling the understanding of Order Of Assembly tasks for neurodivergent students
As a lecturer in Fashion Contour technical design, I have observed that students are often struggling to compile a clear Order Of Assembly (OOA) for their garments. This is a list of operations required to assemble a garment: it is … Continue reading
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Constructive alignment
Following on from the “wire-up/down” re-design, another issue that came alight during a tutorial with Lindsey, was lack of alignment between learning activity and assessment/LOs. I read up about constructive alignment and the need to match the learning outcomes to … Continue reading
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