September 26, 2018
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I love maths. I find the subject to be so challenging yet so satisfying that I was able to enjoy my experiences of maths throughout my education. My love of maths began in my Primary 5 class when my teacher provided myself and my classmates an opportunity to learn maths in a different way, through […]
September 26, 2018
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Tuesdays lecture all related to Racism and patriarchy. During the lecture, I gained a much broader understanding of both topics During the first half of the lecture, we learned about the issue of racism and its prominence through the 18th century. I learned how even though it is nowhere near as bad in our society […]
September 26, 2018
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Recognition/ Reflection Action What helps my learning? How can I utilise this? Discussing the topic with others Set up a study group of like-minded peers Engage with the online community Having a good support system Keep up my good relationship with my second-year buddy. Keep in contact with my mum regularly for advice when I’m […]
September 26, 2018
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The lecture on Tuesday opened my eyes to the horrific treatment that human beings received if they weren’t white men. Although we are now in modern times there is still disadvantages that exist between different races and different sexes in many aspects. We were told the story of young Emmett Till’s death. He was brutally […]
September 26, 2018
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Four envelopes, four groups, one task. Our first workshop for the values module was, to say the least, eventful. Each group was handed an envelope which contained some resources that we had to use to complete the task. Our task was to make something that would benefit a first-year student on their university journey. Our lecturer also told […]
September 26, 2018
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Comments Off on Sociological Imagination – Racism & Patriarchy
In Tuesday’s lecture, racism was a major part of the discussion relating to our sociological imagination. As we looked back to the Civil Rights Movements and the injustice of crimes such as Emmett Till and the acceptance of Jim Crow laws, I realised these historic events were not that long ago. I cannot begin to […]
September 26, 2018
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Some women are abused my men in power, but i can’t stop that. Some women are labelled a wife or a mother, but that has nothing to do with me. These are things I admit I have thought. I was scrolling through facebook when I came across an advertisement for a class. It was a […]
September 26, 2018
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Comments Off on Maths can be… creative?
Creativity and mathematics are words which I did not associate with one another until recently. I believed that there was no room for creativity in mathematics as, after all, how can it be creative when it involves answering questions and problems which all have a ‘right’ answer? Oh how wrong I was. Maths is all […]
September 26, 2018
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Over the last few weeks various lectures and tutor directed tasks have looked at the power of story telling in all aspects of life. I have found it pretty astonishing to discover just how many books there are to help children to understand and cope with the emotions that each and every one of us […]
September 26, 2018
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My experience with social studies in school, has always been a positive one, from what I can remember. After the first few inputs of our social studies elective, I have began to think more about my first statement than I ever have before now. “From what I can remember,” is very telling as to the […]
September 26, 2018
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Comments Off on The Issue of Racism and Patriarchy in Society
This week’s values lecture about racism and patriarchy was both thought provoking and eye opening. It gave me the chance to fully understand just how much society has changed over the years and seeing how us as humans have grown massively regarding these issues. I understand that it is extremely important for me to be […]
September 26, 2018
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Values – Understanding Ourselves 25th September 2018 I found Tuesday’s lecture on values very engaging and I thought a lot more about how ‘people of colour’ are seen in today’s society based off of outdated ideas from our past, and also how women can be illustrated in the media, affecting people’s views towards women. I […]
September 26, 2018
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Discovering Maths To many individuals, maths and play are not connected at all. When it comes to maths many people describe it as ‘boring’, ‘torture’ or ‘something which was compulsory’. This is a devastating matter as, in reality, this should not be the case. The Curriculum For Excellence has a huge focus on using active […]
September 26, 2018
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Society has a huge impact on how people think whether that is conscious or subconscious. The media has a part to play in this but in the past people didn’t have the internet and social media to form opinions or hear different people’s views. In the lecture it was discussed how things like racism used […]
September 26, 2018
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Last week, I took part my first Values seminar which was extremely eye opening. The seminar was based on Structural Inequalities, and the problems that come with and surround this issue. The task we were given was to design and later make a product which could be used by a first year student in order … Continue reading Structural Inequalities : A Reflection →
September 25, 2018
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Comments Off on Standing up for justice; standing up for our children.
I sit and write this blog after one of the most thought provoking discussions so far in my university journey. One in which we were discussing theories such as the Montessori, Owen and Frobel perspectives on education. Each being primarily child-centre focused and broadening on aspects of children thriving on their own initiative and creativity. […]
September 25, 2018
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Comments Off on Derek says: Reflect
Thinking back on the lecture we just had, I feel it was honest and raw. I was engrossed the whole time and hanging on every word. It really took me back to Higher History, which I loved, but the lecture was so much more in depth and uncensored, looking at things in a sociological way, … Continue reading “Derek says: Reflect”
September 25, 2018
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Comments Off on Why Discovering Maths?
Throughout my school life, I’ve had a very mixed experience with mathematics. My earliest memories of maths are from primary school. They consist of the class teacher sitting us down on the carpet, teaching us a concept, and being told to complete the coinciding pages in our TeeJay Maths textbooks. Although this was a repetitive […]
September 25, 2018
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Comments Off on Structural Inequalities Reflection
Last week got my first taster of a values seminar run by Brenda Keatch. At the start of the seminar we were split into equal numbered groups and all given an envelope with contained resources that we were to use to create a product fresher’s could use next year to help the settle to university. […]
September 25, 2018
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Comments Off on Workshop Reflection – Structural Inequalities
I wouldn’t be writing this blog today if I wasn’t nurtured through a good, high-achieving school with a strong family with a recent history of academic success. I grew up expecting to go to university. It was never a wish, or an aspiration. It wouldn’t be sensationalist to suggest that it’s something I thought would […]
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