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Assessing assessments
I just finished a project on diversity and started to write a report – the report on assessment. Knowing diversity (as a whole) and understanding its impact on the teaching and learning process was a fantastic exposure. ‘Making sense’ was my finding…
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Assessment: A tool to measure success
The term ‘assessment’ could be new for many, but it is embedded quite well in the education sector. From school to higher education, it is a way of measuring performance. Even though there are a number of different ways of measuring achievement,…
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Making sense of belonging
While reading an extract from Strayhorn (2016) on ‘Transitions to Higher Education – In search of belonging’, many questions were queuing up in my mind. The most striking included the belongingness of what — culture, organisation or sector? Where does that belongingness…
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Understanding ‘space’ in the context of teaching
The term ‘space’ has taken on a deeper meaning for me after reading the article ‘Space frontiers for new pedagogies: A tale of constraints and possibilities’ by Tansy Jessop, Laura Gubby and Angela Smith. It made me question whether space refers to…
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The old education system in new-era
RSAnimate’s video (Ken Robinson) on ‘public education’ encourages us to think about the current education system. It acknowledges the current education system and its roots. The current education system was developed during the Industrial Revolution. So, education had something to do with…
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Preparing students to learn
I stopped on the fourth paragraph while reading the blog by James Lang. In this paragraph, he recalls the message from the teaching guru, Kevin Bain. I believe the claims of Bain. I also think there is little impact, if it has…
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