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inclusive Practices: blog post three
Asif Sadiq, Chief Diversity Officer at Warner Bros. Discovery, argues that despite billions of dollars spent globally on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) training, the outcomes often fall short. Why? Because the teaching itself is too often built on biased assumptions and static stereotypes. Sadiq reminds us that diversity isn’t a box to tick or…
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Inclusive practices: blog post two
Faith, Religion, and Belief On the 11th floor of the tower block, there is a Christian cross made of tape on one of the walls. It has sat there, mostly ignored by students and staff, for the past year. For a while, a small piece of tape attached to it read, in neat capitals: ETERNAL…
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inclusive practices: blog post one
“Intersectionality is a metaphor for understanding the ways that multiple forms of inequality or disadvantage sometimes compound themselves and create obstacles that often are not understood among conventional ways of thinking.” Kimberlé Crenshaw In the first video British Paralympian and television broadcaster Ade Adepitan uses the Black Lives Matter movement as a starting point to…
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reflective post 4
Reflection on:An a/r/tographic métissage: Storying the self as pedagogic practiceTRISH OSLER, ISABELLE GUILLARD, ARIANNA GARCIA-FIALDINI AND SANDRINE CÔTÉconcordia University Osler et al. (2019) illustrate how life writing and personal storytelling serve as powerful tools for self-discovery and pedagogical innovation. By embracing métissage, their work highlights the interconnectedness of personal narrative, artistic practice, and educational research,…
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Reflective post 3
This post reflects on “Reflective Writing – some initial guidance for students by Jenny Moon, University of Exeter” on the supplied reading list. In some anonymous feedback for ‘Introduction to Photography’, which is a unit I lead on the frst year of BA Photography, there was a comment about reflective writing not being long enough. …
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Reflective post 2
This post reflects on “Technicians’ Conceptions of Their Role in Higher Education” by Clare Sams (2016). The essay explores how art and design technicians at the University of the Arts London (UAL) perceive their roles. It highlights their contributions to student learning, technical support, and creative practice. I used this reading to reflect on the…
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Reflective post 1
The post reflects on the selected reading: “Signature Pedagogies in Art & Design” by Orr & Shreeve (2017). The essay explores how distinct teaching practices in art and design education shape students into creative professionals. It is based on Shulman’s (2005) concept of signature pedagogies, which are characteristic ways of teaching within a discipline. One…
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Micro teaching reflections
Reflecting on Collaborative Book Making In this session, we utilised a range of industry skills from magazine and book publishing. Ideally, we aimed for the creativity of a small photo-book publisher while working at the speed of a daily news desk. Skills covered during this session included: Sequencing Editing Book making Industry skills Working with…