October 9, 2018
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Comments Off on Makey Makey🕹
On the 26th of September we had a lecture with Derek. No one knew this lecture would lead to us being Derek’s most successful ‘Makey Makey’ class throughout his time teaching this module. Derek firstly spoke to us about using technology in the classroom, its benefits and purposes for real learning. He then introduced the […] Continue reading
October 8, 2018
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Comments Off on Storytelling in Music🎼
Today we had a music workshop with Sharon. The workshop started with Sharon showing us how to introduce music to children through using your body and vocals for making sound. The advantage of this is that there is less mess and disruption than if you were to get musical instruments out in the classroom. This […] Continue reading
October 5, 2018
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Comments Off on Old ways won’t open new doors
Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending an introductory session on autism through Elaine Smith from Autism Scotland. This session was organised by the Education Society and proved an extremely valuable experience to learn about a topic that, although I have heard small pockets of information, I had little knowledge of. This wasn’t through intended […] Continue reading
October 4, 2018
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Comments Off on Society does not define who YOU are
Last week during Derek’s Lecture, we had an important input on on Racism and Patriarchy. We looked very closely at society’s views and got told about the disastrous event of Emmett Till and how he received the brutality of Racism. Emmett was so badly beaten that even his mother decided to leave his casket open […] Continue reading
October 4, 2018
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Comments Off on A September to remember
Wow, what a month! It’s been a busy Summer preparing for the month just past but I have to say it has been one of the most amazing months. First, its back to the grind with my Second Year at Dundee studying Primary Education, yes you heard right, I passed first year! First year was […] Continue reading
October 1, 2018
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Comments Off on Sociological Perspectives on Racism and Sexism
Racism and sexism are two of the many issues that unfortunately continue to remain prevalent in today’s society. As part of our ‘Values: Self, Society and the Professions’ module, we were given a lecture on racism and sexism throughout history and how these issues from the past still remain prevalent to this day. It was […] Continue reading
September 29, 2018
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Comments Off on Racism and Patriarchy Lecture Review
Tuesday lecture on Racism and Patriarchy gave me a lot to think about. The racism aspect of the lecture was the first hour, it involved how racism occurred from the late 18th Century. Derek told us about social construction and how people can use this is used to perpetuate inequalities. We also discussed the Critical […] Continue reading
September 29, 2018
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Comments Off on the maths and creativity sandwich.
Never would I have imagined that myself or anyone could sandwich together maths and creativity. Yet what a wonderful sandwich it is! Realistically, the majority of people would strongly argue against this opening statement, my self being one of them, however let me tell you that it is more than possible. Like most sandwiches it …
September 28, 2018
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Comments Off on Managing my learning.. (week 3)
Attached is both Activity 1 & 2 for managing my learning What I feel I am already good at, and how, and where I think I can improve, and how: fiona smith managing my learning Continue reading
September 28, 2018
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Comments Off on RRS Discovery⚓️
Today we had a day off from university, so Jennifer, Beth and I decided to use the time to do an education trip to the RRS Discovery ship in Dundee. Our aim was to learn about the history, geography and science of the exhibition and reflect on the suitability of the exhibition for children and […] Continue reading
September 28, 2018
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This morning myself and my friend took a trip to the Discovery Boat. I went there with two aims in mind; to learn more about the history of Dundee and to evaluate what it would be like to take a class there. As a child I remember visiting the Discovery Boat multiple times however I […] Continue reading
September 28, 2018
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Comments Off on I think; therefore I am
Walking out of Tuesday’s ‘Values’ module, I felt an ironic sense of negativity that I joked about to my peers. After a two hour lecture on biological discrimination, I felt bad as an atheist, straight Caucasian male. Once I had left the company of human communication, I delved a little into my own thoughts as […] Continue reading
September 28, 2018
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Comments Off on How racism and sexism affect our society
On Tuesday 25th, week 3 we had a lecture for our Values module. Within this we explored racism and patriarchy. Both of which linked back to developing our sociological imaginations and how they affect us as teahers. At the start of the session we were looking into Racism and its history. The idea that racism is still […] Continue reading
September 28, 2018
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Comments Off on Coffee and The Sociological Imagination
On Tuesday of this week, during the Values lecture, we had a discussion about the sociological imagination. After reading Giddens and Sutton ‘Sociology’, and the chapter about the coffee cup, I gained a deeper understanding of how us individuals are shaped by, and also shape society. Drinking coffee is such a popular act nowadays and […] Continue reading
September 28, 2018
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Comments Off on The Power of Yet
Recently, through an input on math anxiety, I discovered the saying, “the power of yet.” Since this input this saying has really stuck with me. During my first year placement whilst teaching mathematics, specially time, one boy – who was more intelligent than he let on – decided through frustration and panic gave up on … Continue reading The Power of Yet → Continue reading
September 27, 2018
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Comments Off on Values Workshop Relection
Tuesday 18th September During this workshop we were divided into small groups with the aim to come up with a resource that a new student would find useful. Each group was giving a brown envelope which had a variety of objects. In my envelope, there was only one pen, one pencil, two sticky notes, two […] Continue reading
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 […] Continue reading
September 25, 2018
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Comments Off on Skills and Abilities Week 2 Task
Skills and Abilities 1 Continue reading
September 24, 2018
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Comments Off on My first exposure to the values unit and it’s harsh realities…
So this is my second blog post but my first proper reflection post. We had a lecture on Social injustices and the biases within our culture in the morning and then the seminar in the afternoon. I have to say the morning lecture did knock me sideways a little bit as I was not expecting […] Continue reading
September 24, 2018
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Comments Off on Personal audit & transferable skills
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
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