October 5, 2017
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Comments Off on It’s Time to Reflect
Our second seminar was all about reflection – reflecting on our thoughts, questions, and opinions from the past few weeks. Carrie asked us all to discuss questions that we have regarding the topics we’ve learnt about so far and the various tasks we have completed. Straight away our group jumped to the last seminar about […] Continue reading
October 4, 2017
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Comments Off on Resource Allocation Task
Last week’s resource allocation workshop, led by Derek, was an introduction to the idea of equality within the classroom. The task highlighted the issue of class division and lack of resources within certain schools – an issue which we will all face as prospective teachers. The task set was for each of the five small […] Continue reading
October 2, 2017
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Comments Off on Understanding Ourselves – Race, Ethnicity and Discrimination
Thoughts from the Values lecture on Tuesday 26th September 2017. When asked about my knowledge and understanding of race, ethnicity and discrimination before the lecture began, I had a good understanding of these topics already after having looked into them, while covering topics in History at school. However, I found it extremely useful to refresh […] Continue reading
October 1, 2017
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Comments Off on Three Powerful Words – Race, Ethnicity and Discrimination
This post is a reflection from the Values: Self Society and the Professions lecture on Tuesday 26th September 2017 with Derek Robertson. Summary of Events Before the lecture began, we were all asked to write down our initial thoughts on the terms Race, Ethnicity, and Discrimination. These are all terms in which although I have heard numerous times, have never really looked up or […] Continue reading
September 30, 2017
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Comments Off on Resource allocation workshop reflection
In the workshop hosted by Derek, we were divided into 5 groups. Each group was given an envelope of resources, which we were told we should use to create a product for a new student attending Dundee University. I myself was in group 1, our pack was full of materials such as coloured pens, pencils, […] Continue reading
September 29, 2017
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Comments Off on My response to the BBC article on school uniform.
This post is in relation to the article that is on the BBC surrounding the issue of school uniform; more specifically at Hartson Academy in Kent . I believe this to be an example of school uniform standards going too far. Whilst I believe that school uniform Is important; in this instance I believe they have taken […] Continue reading
September 29, 2017
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Comments Off on Values as embodied and culturally specific – my thoughts
Prior to watching the videos provided on MyDundee and attending Tuesdays lecture, my thoughts on the topics provided were; Race – Skin colour, your origins that are similar to others Ethnicity – your background, social group that you and others are alike in Prejudice – a preconceived opinion on something or someone for no apparent […] Continue reading
September 29, 2017
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Comments Off on Shirts, Ties and Blazers: It’s all gone too far…
Shirts, ties and blazers: the outfit staples that we all longed to put behind us as teenagers. School uniform was simply Satin in disguise to any budding fashionista. I can’t remember being overly concerned about the outfit’s fashion value, however the comfort aspect of top-button shirts did raise many concerns. You are probably wondering so […] Continue reading
September 29, 2017
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Comments Off on Resource Allocation Input
Recently, our group of MA1 took part in a workshop centred around resource allocation. During this workshop we were split into five groups, and each group was given a resource pack with the intention of using the resources inside to build a support kit for new students starting university. Upon giving us our resource packs, […] Continue reading
September 29, 2017
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Comments Off on My Disappointment
As a young child who fortunately received many forms of support from both sets of parents and excelled, especially in primary: being part of group five clearly challenged and disappointed me in the resource allocation workshop. Not only was I challenged, but my confidence was also dented. I, for probably the first time in eighteen […] Continue reading
September 29, 2017
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Comments Off on (26.09.17 Values) Only Human.
“Well, is it?” “Is it what?” “A myth?” Last week we had an input about race, ethnicity and discrimination. To begin with I thought it would be very straight forward: come in, get angry then leave. I was wrong, very wrong. Although I was aware that racism was still very active and a part of […] Continue reading
September 28, 2017
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Comments Off on Values As Embodied and Specific- Racism and Patriarchy Lecture
At the beginning of the Values lecture on Tuesday 26th September we were asked to note down our understandings of discrimination, race, ethnicity and prejudice. My understanding of these words before the lecture were as follows; Race Commonly linked to skin colour, religion and culture. Has played a huge part in a lot of worldwide […] Continue reading
September 28, 2017
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Comments Off on Racism and Discrimination: My View Before and After
After receiving an input on race, ethnicity, patriarchy, discrimination and prejudice as part of the Values module, my understanding of the topic has significantly changed. Before, I believed that was racism was becoming a ‘thing of the past’, which we had acknowledged as a society in order to see past the views of those less […] Continue reading
September 28, 2017
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Comments Off on Social Hierarchy – Resource Allocation Task
As part of the first Values Workshop, we were split into 5 groups, each of which received an envelope containing stationary items. The aim of the task was to produce a pack, using the resources in your envelope, for new MA1 students. This would be given to them at the start of their University journey. […] Continue reading
September 28, 2017
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Comments Off on Resource Allocation Workshop Reflection
In the workshop, each group were given a pack of resources which -unbeknown to each other- contained less resources than the next. We were then asked to create a product for new students that would be useful during their first few weeks at university. Our group were lucky enough to be given the largest number of […] Continue reading
September 28, 2017
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Comments Off on Resource Allocation
I recently took part in a resource allocation task which allowed me to reflect on my understanding of how some people have more of a struggle than others when working towards a goal, due to their different resources and opportunities. During this task, I was placed in a group and given an envelope full of […] Continue reading
September 28, 2017
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Comments Off on “Why does he get that!?!” – Resource Allocation
This post is a reflection from the Values: Self Society and the Professions seminar on Tuesday 19th September 2017 with Derek Robertson. Summary of Events Everyone in the room was split into 1 of 5 groups. Each group was given an envelope of resources inside. Derek told us we were to use these resources (no […] Continue reading
September 22, 2017
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Comments Off on The First Workshop
This past Tuesday was our first experience of a university style workshop and what an experience it was. As we walked into the teaching room, with excited chatter and nervousness (even if we didn’t want to admit it), we had no idea what to expect. After only having a short introduction to the Values: Self, […] Continue reading
September 22, 2017
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“Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent” – Laurence J. Peter No matter where we come from, when given a task we should start with a clean slate. The door should be open to make an impression for ourselves , show our talents and prove our competence. After our resource […] Continue reading
September 21, 2017
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Comments Off on Childhood Memmories…
What experiences do you have of your childhood ? It can sometimes be a tricky answer, for some jt can have lots to say , yet for others not as much. I can clearly remember learning FRENCH. Yes French. Now the reasons for remembering it, was the kind odd but really engaging song. As a […] Continue reading
