September 24, 2018
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I found this weeks workshop extremely valuable and found that it made me think about things differently and consider things that I had never thought of before. During the workshop we were put into small groups. We were then handed out resources that we had to use to create something that a new pupil on […] Continue reading
September 24, 2018
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Last Tuesday saw Education, Social Work and CLD students participate in workshops specific to each individual profession. As an Education student, my workshop group was split into 4 and each group was given a pack with resources to make something for a new student. As it progressed, it became apparent that one group had significantly […] Continue reading
September 24, 2018
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This week I took part in a seminar where we were separated into groups to create an item which would benefit 1st-year University students. We opened an envelope, provided to us, which revealed a few miscellaneous items. We were taken back by this but continued on to develop an idea. However, after describing this to […] Continue reading
September 24, 2018
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This week’s values workshop was a very valuable and eye opening experience. I found that it made me think about the way in which teachers and pupils interact and what support the child is receiving. The class was split into 5 groups of 6 (I was in group 2) and were given one big envelope […] Continue reading
September 24, 2018
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Comments Off on Structural Inequalities Reflection
In this values workshop, I was placed into Group 1 and we were all instructed to plan and create a resource that would be useful for first-year students at the University. To complete this task each group was given a pack of materials. At the time we were given our packs we realised we had a lot of materials to work […] Continue reading
September 24, 2018
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The values task proved that a teacher who uses negative words and treats individuals different can cause an individual to feel upset, become disengaged and can begin to doubt their ability leading them to lack self-confidence. I experienced these feelings myself during this group task. The task involved 4 different groups within the room, 2 … Continue reading “Positive, Fair and Consistent” Continue reading
September 24, 2018
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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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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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The Values workshop on Tuesday was an interesting and thought provoking experience which shed a great deal of light on structural inequalities in society and how easy it is for us to not even notice them. The group I was part of had the most resources and encouragement from the tutor, making me totally oblivious […] 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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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 “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 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
September 19, 2018
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Comments Off on A Lesson in Structural Inequalities
Yesterday I realised a some-what hard hitting truth that I thought I already knew. Personal bias is everywhere. It is as instinctual in humans as our sense of survival. Whether we like to admit it or not, favouritism is more present in our lives than we would like to admit. Be it a favourite friend […] Continue reading
September 13, 2018
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Comments Off on Oh! To be a Teacher…
Why would I like to be a teacher? I would love to become a teacher to change and inspire young lives, no matter the age and stage of development. When I was in Primary 5 and Primary 7 myself, I had a teacher who I looked up to, who I knew I could trust and …
September 13, 2018
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Comments Off on Swimming Teacher to Primary Teacher
Being a swimming teacher I have always loved being around kids, helping them, watching them go from being drowning 4 year olds to basically Michael Phelps aged 10. I knew quite a lot about teachers as my mum is one but it was never the career path I thought I would journey down until I […] Continue reading
September 13, 2018
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Comments Off on Teaching is more than just a profession
It was near impossible to escape the world of education due to growing up with a primary teacher, now primary head teacher, for a mother and a principle teacher of physical education for a father alongside numerous family friends who are also involved in education. From a young age I was constantly in a variety […] Continue reading
September 13, 2018
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I think a lot of people starting the primary education course, like me, have wanted to be some sort of teacher from a young age. A lot of the time we played schools with siblings when we were younger and that is what sparked our interest in teaching. I used to be the teacher in […] Continue reading
