Article: Exploring experiences of ableism in academia
This article presents disabled academics' experiences and collective understandings of ableism as constructed through normalisation and able-bodiedness.
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Book: Lived Experiences of Ableism in Academia
Deeply embedded in personal experiences, this perceptive book provides examples for universities to develop inclusive practices, accessible working and learning conditions and a less ableist environment.
Conferencing “disabled style”
This is an extract from a guest post on the Conference Inference blog published upon invitation in relation to my ableism in academia work. In this post, I illustrate what it means to do conferencing "disabled style", when your body and/or mind are not...
LEGO® reflections in Higher Education
This is a guest post on the Advance HE website published after I had delivered a successful workshop at the HEA Annual Conference demonstrating how to use LEGO reflections in higher education.
Guest post: Creativity in the Curriculum – An Exam Production-Line
In this guest post Dr Helen Ross reflects on the exam production line of our current school system.
Article: Creative and embodied methods to teach reflections
This article describes a project at the Rambert School of Dance that introduced the use of creative methods for teaching reflection and reflective practice.
Chapter: Creativity and playfulness in Higher Education research
This chapter argues that higher education research can benefit from fusing existing methodological and theoretical paradigms with more creative, playful and artistic approaches.
Providing feedback for learning
Providing feedback is important to improve learning. So here are some examples for providing feedback that foster students' engagement.
Learning from the Korean context
This post shows the Korean educational context and how I have discovered that you can be half-way around the world, and yet nothing changes.
What are “communities of practice”?
Thoughts on what constitutes and characterises communities of practice and what is required to make communities of practice efficient and effective.
Identity boxes
In this post I describe what identity boxes are, how I developed the idea and why identity boxes can be used in research.
Book review: Ticked off – checklists for teachers, students, school leaders
This is a review of Harry Fletcher-Wood's book on how checklists can make all aspects of teaching more effective.
Classroom management
The classroom is a place where learning happens and should be encouraged, therefore classroom management relates to the strategies a teacher can use to organise students' learning. According to Garrett (2015) classroom management can be considered in five...
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...
Assessment as a learning opportunity
Many teacher training sessions focus on assessment but we do not spend enough time on discussing assessment in the sense of marking student work. We do not discuss the impact marking has on the students' learning and the teachers' workload, nor do we talk...
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...