Author: Natalie Payne

The Teaching and Learning unit on the PGCert has been a valuable learning experience. Firstly, being a student again has enabled me to feel so much more empathy for students. I have realised that navigating various projects, particularly in the online context, can be extremely confusing. At times, I really felt quite overwhelmed. This has… Continue reading Reflecting on Teaching & Learning

I was very nervous for my micro teach as I knew I had selected quite a contentious book as my teaching object: ‘The Hyena and Other Men’, by Pieter Hugo, a South African photographer, who has frequently been criticised for aestheticizing otherness. I now realise this was a completely inappropriate teaching object for a short teaching session… Continue reading Micro teach, feedback and problematic imagery

Hattie Voelker in her lecture ‘performing to an invisible audience’ explains that the aim of her talk is to help us to develop our online teaching & performing. The word ‘performing’ struck me. The notion of teaching as a performative act is something I had never consciously considered, while always knowing subconsciously that my ‘performance’… Continue reading Teaching – a performative act

During this session on ‘Love, Care & Belonging’, we discussed the various texts we had selected to read. We were randomly put into small groups and had some interesting conversations related to these texts. It really struck me, during these small group conversations, where we were given quite a bit of time for conversation, that… Continue reading Let’s talk About Love – again!

I chose to share the book The Trade of the Teacher by Mieke Bal[1] especially for the above quote which emphasises the teachers role as one of empowering the student. Bal stresses the fact that teaching needs to be generous, teachers share their knowledge while being aware that their knowledge is incomplete and can be… Continue reading Belated reflections on January 2021 group tutorial.

Unfortunately, I was unable to attend the session on ‘Play and Measurement’ as I was on sick leave. I was feeling dizzy, exhausted and unable to think clearly. This has enabled me to have greater empathy for my students who are struggling to complete work due to physical or mental health issues. Another valuable experience!… Continue reading Play and Measurement

Reflections on Gloria Dall’Alba, 2005. Improving teaching: Enhancing ways of being university teachers and Holmwood, J. 2018. Race and the Neoliberal University: Lessons From the Public University. How does Gloria Dall’Alba’s account of teaching development in universities correspond with your own thoughts and experience? The Fashion Photography course structure and curriculum at LCF promotes constructivist… Continue reading The teacher teaches learning

Going back to the induction as well as revisiting the early lectures of the Teaching & Learning module of the PGCert, I realise that there was an enormous disconnect in my brain between the first part, before I became ill, and after, while still recovering, up until the submission of the assignment. I simply forgot… Continue reading A relook: starting again