Recent Posts
- Case Study 2. Skills and knowledge for knowledge acquisition – learning how to learn
- Learning from Examples of Examples
- My Microteaching Experience
- Case Study 1. Bridging the Void :Building research skills for BA Fine Art from library induction to dissertation attainment
- Striving for constructive criticality (in theory)
Recent Comments
No comments to show.
Author Archives: Grace O'Driscoll
Case Study 2. Skills and knowledge for knowledge acquisition – learning how to learn
Planning for and supporting student learning through appropriate approaches and environments Background I have now secured in-person teaching sessions to support Year 2 Unit 7 as part of the plan to build library and research skills into the Camberwell BA … Continue reading
Posted in Case Studies
Leave a comment
Learning from Examples of Examples
Something I was really struck by on the microteaching day reminded me of some teaching I had observed in a session led by an academic colleague, supporting from a library perspective. In different ways the two experiences highlighted the power … Continue reading
Posted in Reflections
Leave a comment
My Microteaching Experience
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
Posted in Practice
Leave a comment
Case Study 1. Bridging the Void :Building research skills for BA Fine Art from library induction to dissertation attainment
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
Posted in Case Studies
Leave a comment
Striving for constructive criticality (in theory)
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
Posted in Reflections
Leave a comment
From ‘counting stuff’ to Objects and objectives
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
Posted in Reflections
Leave a comment
Sometimes it takes three tries…
Welcome to my PGCert reflective blog. Finally! Setting this up has been an insight into the frustrations of students who come to us with their IT based woes, and a reminder of how as a (slightly) older student I need … Continue reading
Posted in Reflections
Leave a comment