September 24, 2018
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Comments Off on A thought provoking performance
I had been thoroughly enjoying my day and was extremely excited for my first values workshop. I couldn’t wait to get my teeth stuck into this module as I had heard such great things about it. However, my curious mind and eager thoughts were suddenly brought to a halt due to what i believe to […] Continue reading
September 24, 2018
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Comments Off on Establishing Social Issues With A Pencil, Paper Clips and Blue Tac
Through the first of our ‘Values: Self, Society and The Professions’ workshops, we were split into groups within our class of 30 and each given an envelope. Within this envelope, my group was faced with a pencil, blue tac, some paper clips, a single post-it note, an elastic band and the challenge to devise and […] Continue reading
September 24, 2018
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Comments Off on Memorable Classes in School – The Creative Arts
Throughout my time at school (both in primary and secondary), the most memorable classes for me were ones that emphasised on skills primarily used in the creative arts. Be this cutting cardboard with Stanley knives to make human sized dinosaurs or presenting wall posters describing Orkney’s role in World War 2. My favourite experience at […] Continue reading
September 24, 2018
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Comments Off on Should children be treated differently from each other? The answer is ‘no’.
During the Values: Self, Society and The Professions module, we took part in an eye opening workshop where the class was split into 4 groups and were given an envelope full of materials. When the envelope was placed onto our tables, we were told not to touch or have a look to see what was […] Continue reading
September 24, 2018
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Comments Off on Workshop on inequalities which grabbed my attention.
My first workshop I took part in from my Values: Self, Society and The Professions module, with my classmates and lecturer, was on structural inequalities. The workshop was done in a very clever way. We all were split into groups with approximately 6 people in each group. We were given an envelope with certain resources in […] Continue reading
September 23, 2018
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Comments Off on Thinking outside the envelope…
During the Values class on Tuesday, the class was split into 5 groups, each group receiving the same big brown envelope (or so we thought). We were then all given the same task of thinking of and creating something that we would have found useful as new university students, using only the supplies given to […] Continue reading
September 23, 2018
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Comments Off on Structural Inequalities
In our first workshop last week we had the task of working in groups to create something a new student at the university could use. Each group was given an envelope of supplies and after opening our envelope we discovered it was going to be more difficult than originally expected; we had one post-it note, […] Continue reading
September 23, 2018
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Comments Off on Structural Inequalities
On Tuesday we had a group task to complete, which I found very eye-opening after learning the true meaning behind it. It was very hard to believe that an aspect so present in society could be so easily missed. In our groups we had to work with the resources we were given to develop an […] Continue reading
September 23, 2018
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Comments Off on Structural Inequalities and the Dreaded Half Mark
Our first Values seminar was a brilliant deceit and I ate it up. It began with our tutor giving each group a envelope of goodies- and by goodies I mean a load of random stationary- which we had to use to come up with a concept that would have helped us when we first started […] Continue reading
September 22, 2018
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Comments Off on Professional Values Workshop
On Tuesday, I got to experience myself just how much of an impact a child’s background has on their ability to do well in school. I have read many articles on closing the attainment gap and how children from deprived areas are not as likely to be successful in school, I know that this is […] Continue reading
September 21, 2018
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Comments Off on four envelopes… one lesson.
Within our first values workshop, we were divided up into four equal groups. Each group was then handed out the same looking envelope, but what was unknown to us at the time was that each same looking envelope had different contents…… but why? The task was to create something that would be handy for a …
September 21, 2018
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Comments Off on Workshop with a Twist
This week I took part in a workshop with my lecturer and classmates which gave me a deeper understanding of structural inequalities in a very interesting way. In the workshop, there were four groups, each given an envelope of resources and the task was to create an item that would help a new first year […] Continue reading
September 21, 2018
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Comments Off on Structural Inequality
This week we participated in an interactive workshop as part of the values module, which really opened my eyes and got me thinking about the subject of inequality. We were split into five groups and were presented with our task. In our groups we were to invent and make something which would have been of […] Continue reading
September 21, 2018
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Comments Off on An Envelope, a Group Task, and a Deeper Meaning
During Tuesday’s group work task, classes were split into four groups and each group received an envelope, which inside contained a few stationery supplies, some groups with more than others. We were all given the same task – to come up with something useful to a new student at university, and to make whatever we […] Continue reading
September 21, 2018
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Comments Off on Values Workshop – Week 2
On Tuesday of week two, we had our first workshop for the Values module. When we arrived we split into four groups and were set a task of creating something useful to new students, using the materials provided within our packs. Each group got given a different set of materials in their pack, some containing […] Continue reading
September 21, 2018
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Comments Off on “That’s not fair” – Structural Inequalities
The task that we were set in our values workshop earlier this week was one that sparked a great deal of realisation about the way our society works. The task itself was relatively straight forward; it involved being split into four groups and each group was given an envelope with a set of materials inside. […] Continue reading
September 21, 2018
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Comments Off on Reflection of structural inequalities
At the workshop we were split into four groups and given an envelope of full of resources. We were then asked work together in our teams to create something that would help new students. Within the envelope were a number of resources such as paperclips, coloured paper, pens and pencils. My group had a good […] Continue reading
September 21, 2018
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Comments Off on King of the World – Are Adults Paying Attention to the Fundamental Needs of Children?
Recently, I have been working closely and regularly with Early Years level children in a non-classroom based setting. The age range of these children is three to seven. All of these children attend a private, fee-paying school in Edinburgh with excellent staff, beautiful grounds, and an abundance of fantastic resources at their disposal. The school is […] Continue reading
September 21, 2018
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Comments Off on Values Workshop
Earlier in the week i attended a workshop where we were split into 4 groups. We were all provided with envelopes containing supplies that we were to use in order to make an ‘essential university item’. Immediately it was noticed by our group (Group 4) that groups 1 and 2 had far more resources than […] Continue reading
September 21, 2018
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Comments Off on A workshop with a hidden meaning
This week my fellow student teachers and I participated in a very interesting workshop focussed on structural inequalities; although we didn’t know this at the time! The task was to create a resource a new student could use to make their lives easier in this new environment. Each of the four groups were given a […] Continue reading
