Monthly Archives: January 2025

My Microteaching Experience

Posted on 29th January 2025 by Grace O'Driscoll

In the library, with an Object…. For my microteach session I planned a research-skills based activity starting with a chosen object as a jumping off point. Students often start their research projects with a very narrow singular research interest such … Continue reading →

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Case Study 1. Bridging the Void :Building research skills for BA Fine Art from library induction to dissertation attainment

Posted on 25th January 2025 by Grace O'Driscoll

Using evidence-informed approaches to know and respond to students’ diverse needs, Background Since disruption to schedules caused by Covid-19 lockdowns during 2020 and 2021, and followed by significant cohort size growth in 2022, BA Fine Art courses at Camberwell have … Continue reading →

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Striving for constructive criticality (in theory)

Posted on 18th January 2025 by Grace O'Driscoll

In my last post I related one of my objectives in taking the PGCert course as gaining understanding of some foundational ethos’ of education. This week I’m questioning my relationship with theory in light of this. The first learning outcome … Continue reading →

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From ‘counting stuff’ to Objects and objectives

Posted on 12th January 2025 by Grace O'Driscoll

It hadn’t really occurred to me to fundamentally question my preferred metrics-based approach to both work and information until one of the lecturers on my Librarianship MA course casually dismissed some quantitative research approaches as ‘just counting stuff’. Having spent … Continue reading →

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