Article: Increasing students’ engagement with reflections
This article seeks to explore the nature and depth of students’ engagement by providing an example from a teacher education programme.
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Article: Partnership in learning
This paper outlines two distinct staff-student collaborations and how such a partnership may innovate teaching practices.
Article: Making academia more accessible
The remit of this paper is to provide practical ideas and recommendations to address accessibility issues in events and conferences as a first step to improving existing working conditions.
Using creative methods to support well-being amongst PhD students
This workshop provides attendees with reflective tools to help PhD students understand their innermost emotions, concerns and needs, which is a first step towards developing strategies for well-being.
Article: Partnership in teacher education
This article is an example of student-staff collaboration within the community of practice of trainee teachers.
Skype – Video-conference interviews in health research
The paper discusses practical, ethical, and methodological pitfalls and concerns when using Skype as a tool for interviewing.
Article: Preventing plagiarism and fostering academic identity
This is the link to the PDF version of the article "Preventing plagiarism and fostering academic identity: a practical approach" (Brown and Janssen, 2017).
Learning to accept fibromyalgia
In this post I report some preliminary outcomes from the pilot phase of my fibromyalgia study. This is about learning to accept.
Getting started with educational research
Getting started with educational research is a short introduction to the research process and offers help with questions and methods.
Book review: Doing research in education – Theory and practice
This review is about the book "Doing research in education". A fabulous resource and introduction to doing research in education.
Is flipped learning really all the rage?
In this article about flipped learning I argue that flipped learning should only be used as one teaching method amongst many others.
Professional development portfolios
Many teacher training sessions and professional development courses nowadays link to or culminate in the compilation of portfolios. Portfolios are evidences and resources that are gathered and annotated systematically to provide an overview of the...
Time management
A cyclical process of reading, writing and editing is only possible if you leave enough time. Time management is therefore one of the key skills to learn when entering University life. The easiest way to introduce effective time management is by preparing...
How to create a research poster
Nowadays more and more emphasis is placed upon the impact of research. In many cases research students are even required to create a research poster as part of their thesis and enquiry submissions. However, how do you create a research poster?
The Mosaic approach according to Clark and Moss
Alison Clark and Peter Moss developed their own way of carrying out research with children – the Mosaic approach. The idea behind the Mosaic approach is that researchers collect data through a wide range of means. These are what Clark and Moss consider...
Epistemology
Methodology and methods are only part of the story of choosing a research framework. The way you go about collecting and interpreting data is strongly influenced by how you interpret knowledge and truth. This is about the epistemology. In simple terms,...