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Reflecting on Assessment Types and Self-Assessment as a Tutor
While reading Dimensions of Assessment (Anon, no date), I found myself reflecting on the definitions of formative and summative assessment and how they apply to my own teaching practice. I had always considered summative assessments as a way to evaluate student learning … Continue reading
Reflecting on Aphorisms and the Power of Individual Change
During workshop 2 we reviewed several aphorisms and I particularly resonated with the following from Paulo Freire: “Education does not change the world.Education changes people.People change the world.” (Freire, 1970) This quote encapsulates my belief in the transformative power of … Continue reading
Reflecting on Learning Outcomes and Their Impact on Creative Assessment
When I first started engaging with the concept of learning outcomes, it came at a time when I was myself juggling assessments, struggling with how to review creative student work against sometimes rigid and unrelated criteria. I began questioning whether … Continue reading
Reflecting on participating in Microteaching and Object Based Learning
Engaging in the microteaching session, particularly through object-based learning (OBL), was a mix of challenge and excitement. I wasn’t familiar with OBL at first, so I started by reviewing the recorded lecture, which helped me grasp the key pedagogical concepts … Continue reading
Exercising our favourite muscle – the imagination!
Microteaching – Object-Based Learning Object-based learning (OBL) encourages deeper engagement with spatial concepts by facilitating direct interaction and sensory exploration, which can enhance critical thinking and creative interpretation (Chatterjee and Hannan, 2015). In my microteaching session, I aimed to challenge … Continue reading