September 24, 2018
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Through last Thursdays task I found a greater understanding of equality in the classroom. We were placed into 5 different groups and were allocated with envelopes containing resources to create something new to Dundee university. Throughout the task it didn’t dawn on me that we would be treated differently; I was very focused on the […] Continue reading
September 24, 2018
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The values workshop that we had last Tuesday afternoon was an eyeopener to say the least. The room of twenty-odd people was split into four groups. Each group was given a large envelope with contents inside. Opening up the envelope my group found a pencil, blue tac, three paperclips and a rubber band. We were […] Continue reading
September 24, 2018
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A_Identifying Skills and Abilities Attached is a file of my key skills and abilities that I am confident with and what I need to work on. Continue reading
September 24, 2018
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WEEK 1 A_Identifying Skills and Abilities Activities for unit 1 Personal and Interpersonal Skills and Abilities A. Identifying Skills and Abilities Activity 1 1. Below are a list of skills and abilities. Complete an audit of where you are now. Record this in your learning journal/portfolio. Rate yourself (1=Not very well developed; 3=very well developed) […] Continue reading
September 24, 2018
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On Tuesday I had my first workshop for the Values: Self, Society and The Professions module. At first we were split into 4 groups with roughly 6 people in each. We all had to complete a task, which was to create a resource for a new student coming to the University of Dundee. We were […] Continue reading
September 24, 2018
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This week in our tutorial we were split into five different groups, each group was given a brown envelope filled with stationary resources and told to come up with a service or product which would be useful to a first year in their first week of attending Dundee University. At the start of this task […] Continue reading
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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We all know that privilege is a thing that is often overlooked in life. Every one of us has a certain amount of privilege ; may that be because of our gender, our race, our sexuality- the list is endless. Often, it is those who are perceived to be the most privileged who become blind-sighted- […] Continue reading
September 24, 2018
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Activities for unit 1 Personal and Interpersonal Skills and Abilities Identifying Skills and Abilities Activity 1 Below are a list of skills and abilities. Complete an audit of where you are now. Record this in your learning journal/portfolio. Rate yourself (1=Not very well developed; 3=very well developed) Skills and Abilities 1 2 3 Self confidence […] Continue reading
September 24, 2018
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On Tuesday the 18th of September, we had our first workshop of the course. I was excited by the aspect of something a bit different, smaller and one-to-one. I had no idea what to expect, which was also part of the excitement. Firstly, we were given the task of splitting ourselves into four groups of seven. Each group were then given […] Continue reading
September 24, 2018
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I thoroughly enjoyed my first Values workshop. When we entered the class, we were split into four groups consisting of approximately eight to ten people. Each group was then handed an envelope and instructed not to open in until the instructions were read out to us. We were informed that there were objects inside the […] 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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Equality is a value that has a profound effect upon the opportunities each of us are granted in various aspects of life. Within education, equality has a significant impact on the ways in which children feel accepted and included in school and, as a result, has a major effect on each and every child’s learning […] Continue reading
September 24, 2018
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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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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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Identifying Skills and Abilities Continue reading
September 24, 2018
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Task 2 – Identifying Skills and Abilities Continue reading
September 24, 2018
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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
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