I recently gave a Talking Teaching presentation on how we embed ‘Learning Fitness’ skills and values into the Change Makers curricula and learning design. Continue Reading
Tag: curriculum design
Experts, knowledge and criticality in the age of ‘alternative facts’
As part of this SRHE event on 3rd April 2019, I gave a talk about my paper ‘Understanding The World Today‘ – broadly covering what interpretive dance, ribbon and getting thrown out of a club have to do with navigating a world of fake news. Continue Reading
Understanding The World Today
‘Understanding the world today: the roles of knowledge and knowing in higher education’ has been published this week in Teaching in Higher Education
Collaborating with the Live, Love, Learn approach
I have just finished working on a biomedicine summer school with staff from the Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London. Continue Reading
Research Seminar – Designing Dynamic Curricula
As part of the Centre for Languages, Culture and Communication Seminar Series for 2017-18, I delivered an updated version of my conference paper Designing Dynamic Curricula: Leaving Space for Students to Live, Love and Learn. Continue Reading
Talking Teaching: Designing Inclusive and Participatory Curricula
As part of our new Teaching and Learning Strategy at Imperial College, the Education Office has launched a series of ‘Talking Teaching’ seminars Continue Reading
Dynamic Curriculum Design: Leaving Space for Students to Live, Love and Learn
I was very honoured to be asked to deliver a keynote presentation for the BLASTER International Symposium at the University of Warwick. Continue Reading
Designing Interdisciplinary Education: A Practical Handbook for University Teachers (Perspectives on Interdisciplinarity)
I contributed a case study to ‘Designing Interdisciplinary Education: A Practical Handbook for University Teachers (Perspectives on Interdisciplinarity)’ titled ‘The Teacher as Co-Learner’. Continue Reading
Curriculum Consultancy for BSc Global Health
We recently provided curriculum consultancy for the BSc Global Health, meeting with Dr Mariam Sbaiti, Senior Teaching Fellow and course co-ordinator. We reviewed the core curriculum, the logistics of teaching and learning on the BSc, methods of delivery and the teaching provision. In particular we discussed the difficulties of introducing active learning into a heavily content-based course with established lecturers.