September 25, 2015
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Comments Off on How did my gender affect me when I was a child?
After considering this question for the past few days and trying to remember experiences at primary school, I’ve come to realise that my gender did actually play quite a significant role in various aspects of this part of my life. One of the subjects where gender seemed to matter most was in PE. These lessons […] Continue reading
September 24, 2015
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Comments Off on Gender Discrimination
For me, personally, gender discrimination was a big issue whilst growing up. I wasn’t aware of it at the time but since learning about Gender with Jill I realise how serious it can be. I always loved football growing up. Ever since my dad dragged me along to my first Dundee match at the grand age […] Continue reading
September 24, 2015
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Comments Off on Male/Female…. did it matter?
Gender is the range of characteristics pertaining to, and differentiating between, masculinity and femininity. I personally never felt being a female effected my education. I was always in a mixed group for classes and spent just as much time building bridges from junk as I did going to a calligraphy group. Interacting with boys in the […] Continue reading
September 23, 2015
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Comments Off on Get the children outdoors!
While driving home today, I heard a news story about children failing to get enough exercise and the potential dangers of this including cardio-vascular disease and even diabetes. This got me thinking about the responsibility of schools and teachers with regard to the health and wellbeing of young children. How can children be expected to achieve […] Continue reading
September 23, 2015
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Comments Off on Changing Education Paradigms
It seems that the current education system is conforming to the ideologies of the education system created years ago. Children are being taught for the sole purpose that they can then fit and contribute to the country’s economy. It’s designed to split the children into two groups; those that are academic and will be able […] Continue reading
September 8, 2015
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Comments Off on Is video freeing us to learn in the way we are meant to?
As part of our efforts to embed purposeful opportunities to explore and develop digital literacy skills in the on-going professional experiences of our MA students at Dundee University we have introduced the eportfolio via a WordPress blog. I talked about this in an earlier post however what I have done since is create and publish […] Continue reading
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