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Social Justice – Bhuddism / Queernes Radical Dhama
One of the first questions I had to ask myself and look up was what does dharma mean? There are several different definitions of Darma for Hindu and Buddhism, but, is generally known as the ‘Teachings of Buddha’. In this … Continue reading
Blog #3 A Pedagogy of Social Justice education: Social Identity Theory, Intersectionality and Empowerment by Aaron J Hahn Tapper (2013)
In this paper Hahn Tapper examines a program of education using Social Justice Pedagogy. How it works and why it is important. I have only read the beginning of the paper and have learned so much already. One of the … Continue reading
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Disability too white Not enough media representation of disabled people of colour – Is this still true today? The article was published in 2016. There has certainly been an increase in disabled and disabled people of colour on the TV … Continue reading
IPU 1 Disability Christine Sun Kim film
I watched this video several times. The first time left me feeling inspired and in awe of Christine. I had to keep watching to because I wasn’t sure what I was going to write about, and I was so impressed … Continue reading
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Microteaching – Reflections – After the event
Reflections – After the event The feedback from the session, was mostly positive, and had the WOW factor, according to 2 of my peers. Eyes literally lit up when I got the boxes out of my bag. There was a … Continue reading
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Finding Amazing Images & Using them Ethically 16-2-23 – Reflections
Disaster! The thing I had been dreading most happened. No Students turned up! It was never going to be a big teaching group, but there were 8 students booked in, and I was beginning to relax a bit. However, on … Continue reading
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Embedding Information Literacy (16/2/23)
I read somewhere a few years ago about a university that was embedding Information Literacy into its’ PG Cert program, thus reaching lecturers and academic staff this way, spreading the importance of Information Literacy Skills. Even as a trained Librarian, … Continue reading
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Conceptualizing Plagiarism – The Idea!
Plagiarism is such an important aspect of academic integrity, and yet such a dry and boring subject to teach, or so I thought. I was looking for some inspiration for the Microteaching session. I had no idea at this stage … Continue reading
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The final session 3.3.23
It is quite sad really. We have just started to get to know each other and working together. I think I’ve been very lucky working with my peers in my groups, (whether by design or accident). I’ve enjoyed meeting and … Continue reading
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Blog 18-1-23 – Part 2
18-1-23 – Part 2 GBL V Gamification Over time at school, I have introduced an element of games in many of my library lessons, with activities involving matching, and reordering different elements of information to teach information skills. I now … Continue reading
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