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Practical applications

Teaching Matters Academic Support

You might also be interested in the QAA event ‘Student Engagement in Postgraduate Research Provision’ on 23 March 2016. Resources to support doctoral researchers Student Engagement in Postgraduate Research Provision ​​​​Wondering what other colleagues are doing around assessment and feedback?

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An introduction to student and staff co-creation of the curriculum

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

180) have created a “ladder of student participation in curriculum design” that shows how student engagement in the curriculum can range from no engagement within a dictated, staff-controlled curriculum to significant levels of student engagement with student control of the curriculum (see below).

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Top ten most read Teaching Matters blog posts of 2018

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Interestingly, three of these posts were written in 2016, showing that the blog’s content is continually being accessed both nationally, and internationally. This short dialogue between student and staff is a motivating, honest and collegial conversation about what makes good teaching. Dec 20, 2018

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Welcome to the April issue of Teaching Matters: Building Academic Communities

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

This in turn, has been shown to increase the feelings of belonging during students’ time at University, and, subsequently, raises educational success (e.g., Felten et al, 2016). Her interests include student engagement, professional learning and sociomaterial methodologies. Happy reading! references Felten, P.,

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‘Empowering postgraduate tutors’ in History

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

Hoping to encourage discussion, generate ideas and learn from existing good practice within the History department at Edinburgh, I received funding from the Principal’s Teaching Awards Scheme in March 2016 to produce a website with the aim of empowering postgraduate students in history to become better teachers.

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Teaching, football and facilitator metaphors

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

In our initial pilot in December 2016, we played back recordings of our debriefs and found over 80% of the debrief to be analytical conversation from the participants themselves: explaining their actions and why, with feedback from their colleagues.

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Mini-series: The importance of diversifying the curriculum: Reflections from the Senate Task Group

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

This doesn’t involve creating an entirely new canon overnight, but rather involves learning about different perspectives and developing the canon even further. Having a diverse curriculum is essential to highlight the often ignored contributions of marginalised people in academia, and being critical of historically dominant narratives.