Category Archives: IP
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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
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
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
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
We are all intersectional
We are all intersectional The concept of positionality had me thinking: As a white privileged person, of Christian faith, I have been brought up to respect others and be charitable to the less fortunate. They are the values from my … Continue reading