Values first, goals second
I have a certain disquiet about the way we in higher education so often relate success and failure to the attainment or otherwise of goals. This focus on goals is present at all levels of...
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Taking a year out? The ambitious teleology of higher education for cultivating a self-aware society
In the much-quoted Heraclitean aphorism, ‘the road up and down is one and the same’ (see for example Russell, 2004, p. 51), the pre-Socratic philosopher introduces a radical relativism and...
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Empathy and engagement from a distance: Three learning delivery options in an uncharted terrain
My understanding of the uncharted terrain that ensued from January 2020 in China and March 2020 the world over is that human in-person mobility and interaction outside homes has been completely...
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Urgent matters of insight: Upholding gaps in higher education research, teaching and learning for super-complexity
To date, Covid-19 has not only highlighted the interconnectedness of societies and individuals, but also that educational endeavours privileging the cultivation of particular human qualities...
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For higher education, Covid-19 has presented a particular challenge: having had to convert our classrooms to online platforms, higher education practitioners have faced the task of teaching and...
Continue reading blog postDigital equity: Learning in lockdown for the autistic student
Many of us in the higher education sector are frantically working to place our modules online. This digital transformation at pace can result in short-term decisions, so it is imperative that at...
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Reflections on building rapport with university students in an online context
As with other educators, the rapid shift to online delivery during lockdown has led to self-reflection on my teaching skills, how they transfer online, and my ability to use online tools...
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Uncharted terrain: Teaching and learning in higher education for times of uncertainty
This collection of blogs, guest-edited by Gabriella Buttarazzi, explores how we can adopt responsive and creative approaches to teaching, learning and research in higher education during times of...
Making the case for integrating sustainable development in the university language classroom
Many teachers and researchers reading this may be asking themselves: what is sustainable development (SD) and why should I care about it? Here I offer insights on the following three areas: what...
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Does breaking up a video into parts improve learning?
With Covid-19 pushing video deeper into our pandemic-affected classrooms, studying multimedia design has taken on a new urgency. My recent article in the British Journal of Educational Technology...
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Beyond Britishness: Learning to become agents of change
It is time for education and the school curriculum in countries with colonial pasts such as Britain to take the knee: to recognise that we – particularly the young – need to see ourselves as...
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Anti-racist mathematics teacher education
On 28 August 2020 thousands marched through Washington DC to mark the 57th anniversary of the famous ‘I have a dream’ speech by Martin Luther King Jr. My research interests include anti-racism...
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