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February 3, 2020
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How my first Winter Assessment at university was critical to my professional development.

Being first year at university, the first semester was split in half between my academic responsibilities of attending classes and completing assignments and my social life, whether that be with the rugby team or forming new friendship groups. The cycle of trying to balance both of these aspects continued until mid November when assessments for […] Continue reading

February 3, 2020
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How my first Winter Assessment at university was critical to my professional development.

Being first year at university, the first semester was split in half between my academic responsibilities of attending classes and completing assignments and my social life, whether that be with the rugby team or forming new friendship groups. The cycle of trying to balance both of these aspects continued until mid November when assessments for […] Continue reading

February 3, 2020
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How my first Winter Assessment at university was critical to my professional development.

Being first year at university, the first semester was split in half between my academic responsibilities of attending classes and completing assignments and my social life, whether that be with the rugby team or forming new friendship groups. The cycle of trying to balance both of these aspects continued until mid November when assessments for […] Continue reading

February 3, 2020
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How my first Winter Assessment at university was critical to my professional development.

Being first year at university, the first semester was split in half between my academic responsibilities of attending classes and completing assignments and my social life, whether that be with the rugby team or forming new friendship groups. The cycle of trying to balance both of these aspects continued until mid November when assessments for […] Continue reading

February 3, 2020
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How my first Winter Assessment at university was critical to my professional development.

Being first year at university, the first semester was split in half between my academic responsibilities of attending classes and completing assignments and my social life, whether that be with the rugby team or forming new friendship groups. The cycle of trying to balance both of these aspects continued until mid November when assessments for […] Continue reading

January 24, 2019
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Maths has changed my thinking…

Maths has never really been a huge problem for me. In primary school, I was in the ‘top’ group and from what I remember, I generally only struggled with fractions and trial and error questions. My only issue was that if I were to get a question incorrect, I would feel as if I had […] Continue reading

January 22, 2019
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Reflection… it’s not Higher Biology anymore

The SPR section 3.4.2 indicates the importance of and ways in which reflection can play a key part in the development of the prospective teacher. Reflect in one of the most important moments for your professional development in semester 1 and write a post about what you think you have learned from this critical incident […] Continue reading

January 22, 2019
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It’s time to accept critique.

I have come to realise that reflection is a crucial part of becoming a teacher. Taking constructive criticism has always been difficult for me, and over the first semester, peering into second, I am beginning to understand why it is essential, and why I should encourage people to watch over my practice and assess it. […] Continue reading

January 11, 2019
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Racism is on the go

Why we are judged on the base of colour, where you came from and diversity as in cultural identity? Do we all not have the same need for respect, safety and identity? These are the questions, if we ask our self and how we can make the society a better place to be for every […] Continue reading

October 18, 2018
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The power but staggering cost of the performing arts

The recent lecture presented to us on the key idea of the power of the arts left myself and many others feeling incredibly moved, inspired and as always, interested in the cause. The movie played and young speakers really took me back to my own involvement in the arts and how it helped to shape […] Continue reading

October 8, 2018
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Why Gender an issue?

We have been learning in our lectures about Gender issues in our society and all over the world. Was gender an issue always in every culture, religion and country?  May be yes or no. My personal view about specific toys, clothes, colours, activities and hobbies should not be limited to boys( blue) and girls (pink). […] Continue reading

September 29, 2018
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Structural Inequality 18/09/18

Last week I attended a seminar which was based on values module. It was very informative and interesting group work. We were split into four groups and my table was given a pack with resources. We were not allowed to look in the pack until we listened to the instructions. In our pack we had […] Continue reading

September 28, 2018
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Structural Inequality Seminar

Last week i took part in my first fully interactive experience at Dundee University. I found this exercise very engaging and enlightening. The seminar began with an introduction from Brenda Keatch, a former primary teacher who operated across Scotland and is now using the experience she gained to work as a lecturer at the university. […] Continue reading

September 28, 2018
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Racism Reflection and the Sociological Imagination

Sipping away at a cup of coffee is an action that seems fairly irrelevant in our daily lives, however I was led to believe that this couldn’t be further from the truth when I attended a lecture last week about exercising our sociological imagination. Doing so encourages us to read between the lines and think …

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September 27, 2018
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The role of teachers in the elimination of racist and patriarchal views in current and future generations

This Tuesday’s (Tuesday 25th September) lecture was focused on racism and patriarchy within both historical and current societies as part of our ‘Values’ input and prove to not only be very interesting and informative but also extremely thought provoking for myself. Racism. It’s a topic I never thought would have to be spoken about with […] Continue reading

September 27, 2018
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Legacy of Empire: Racism and Misogyny

I found the issues explored this week were very closely aligned to my own passionate belief in equality and fairness. It is also very interesting to me personally as a mature student to note that that concepts around equality and fairness were regarded as in some way subversive or counter-cultural when I was growing up: […] Continue reading

September 24, 2018
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The Ignorance of Inequality

It’s a sad reality isn’t it? How one child has an abundance of choice when it comes to choosing what they want to be whenever they grow up no matter their ability as the parents bottomless bank fills in any struggling areas leaving tutors happy and select pupils outstanding in the classroom surpassing those  ‘less …

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September 23, 2018
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Social Inequalities Workshop

In our workshop on Tuesday we were split into four groups and given a resource pack. The aim of the task was to use the resources given to create something that we felt would benefit first years in their first week at university. We were given ten minutes to plan an idea which we would […] Continue reading

September 23, 2018
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Inequalities Task

On Tuesday I had my first workshop which I was really excited about as I didn’t quite know what to expect. We were told to split into different groups and each group was to sit at a separate table. Each group was then given an envelope each which had various different resources in it such […] Continue reading

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