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Reflections on Stierer’s Learning to Write

30 Apr 201930 Apr 2019
I found Barry Stierer's chapter on Learning to Write about Teaching (1) helpful. It helped me widen my mental 'frame of reference' from that of a 'scientist' to one that…
Education…

Feedback thinking

25 Aug 201825 Aug 2018
I missed the TLAD session on feedback two months ago :( So now I have to spend sometime catching up. In my digging around I came across this interesting quote:…
Education…

Bloom-in Marvellous!

7 Jul 20184 Aug 2020
This week I used my Teaching Model Canvas (TMC)  for the first time. I found it useful, not because it contained some magic ingredient, but because it prompted me to think…
Education…

Crossing the Thresholds

2 Jul 201813 Sep 2018
On the TLAD course we're looking at threshold concepts. This is the idea that as students learn, they come to point where they need to transition from one 'understanding' to…
Education…

Should students show up?

2 Jul 20182 Mar 2019
I was involved in a wee online discussion as part of the TLAD course today. The topic was student attendence in different teaching formats: whether it goes up or down…

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