September 26, 2016
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I love receiving an envelope. There’s a sense of mystery and excitement when you are handed an envelope. It amazes me that something so small can hold something incredible with so much potential. You never know what you will find when you tear that seal off and look into that small space. Envelopes can hold […] Continue reading
September 26, 2016
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The values workshop I attended last week was deliberately structured into groups who were given more resources than others. This had an emotional impact on the unfortunate groups who were given less resources as they began to feel sad and wanted to give up. Derek deliberately gave no encouragement to these groups and this resulted […] Continue reading
September 26, 2016
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On Tuesday 20th September we had our first values workshop with Derek. He split us into four groups and gave each group an envelope with a number indicating which group we were. Inside the envelope there was an abundance of resources for Group 1, Group 2 got a similar amount, Group 3 slightly less and Group […] Continue reading
September 26, 2016
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Last week we took part in our first workshop for this elective. I went into the room with my friends and sat with them but we were soon split in to four groups. The groups were quite large so we all told each other our names and started to chat. It was daunting just being […] Continue reading
September 26, 2016
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Last week marked the first full week of having modules, and I loved it! One of my modules is called Values: Self, Society and the Professions. On the Tuesday afternoon, we had a workshop for this module. When we arrived in the workshop we were all sat in to four groups and each group was handed […] Continue reading
September 25, 2016
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As part of our first workshop for our Values: Self, Society and the Professions module, we were split into groups of around 10 people and given the task of creating something useful which would aid new first years arriving for their first week at the University of Dundee. There were four groups and each group […] Continue reading
September 25, 2016
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I’m sorry that this is a long story but it’s very important to me and if you reach the end, thank you very much for your time. I have always had the ambition to help vulnerable people. Seeing the improvements made in others that you assisted with, gives the most rewarding feeling. I struggle to […] Continue reading
September 25, 2016
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This week we had our very first Values workshop. I didn’t really know what to expect going into it as we had never had the experience of a workshop prior to this. When I went in I surrounded myself with familiar faces and assumed that we would be allowed to sit with who we wanted […] Continue reading
September 25, 2016
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On Tuesday 20th September, I had my very first workshop of the Values module. I found this to be a very interesting and fun first workshop of my University career. It felt like I was going into the unknown, but everyone was in the same boat as no one knew what to expect. We first got split into […] Continue reading
September 25, 2016
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When I first found out that there was a maths and literacy assessment, my mind began to panic. It soon was put to rest though, after I discovered that it was only for your own benefit and to help you improve your basic maths and literacy skills. It has been at least 6 years since […] Continue reading
September 25, 2016
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Last Tuesday we had our first values workshop. I went in completely clueless as to what we would be doing for the next hour, and I was eager to find out. Carrie split us into random groups and gave us all a huge envelope. We were told to use the resources inside our envelope to […] Continue reading
September 25, 2016
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Tuesday was a day filled with a whirlwind of emotions to say the least. Our morning lecture for the values module really revolved around the central concerns we would be dealing with, not only in the module, but also in the occupations we hope to enter after graduating. Derek and Victoria picked apart topics such […] Continue reading
September 24, 2016
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On Tuesday we had our first workshop in the values module, I didn’t really know what to expect going into the workshop so when Derek handed us a brown envelope and gave us the instructions that we had to make something that would be useful to a new student at the university I just assumed […] Continue reading
September 24, 2016
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Comments Off on Three paper clips, a sticky note, an elastic band and a pencil.
Do you remember back when you were at school and there was a certain pen, pencil, rubber or ruler with the multiplications on the back of it, that almost everyone wanted to have? For me, it was Crayola’s Twistable Crayons. They were the “cool” stationary that nearly everybody wanted to have! I remember sitting in […] Continue reading
September 24, 2016
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Today our class had its first Values workshop. We were split into groups numbered 1 to 4 and duly followed Carrie’s instructions to make something to welcome a new student to the University of Dundee. At first I was oblivious to the purpose of this activity, however it soon became apparent that the groups had been given different […] Continue reading
September 24, 2016
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In the clip below, Dan Walton (Teacher of the Year) is teaching his class Pythagoras. My memories of pythagoras at school mainly involve textbooks, much like most other maths topics in high school. We were taught the rule and how to apply it (instrumental understanding) and given textbook work to consolidate our knowledge. However, […] Continue reading
September 24, 2016
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Following our very first ‘values module’ lecture on Tuesday, we then had our first values workshop later in the day. When I arrived, I sat down at table, not knowing that my choice had a significant effect on my experience of the workshop. After everyone had arrived, large brown envelopes were placed onto the centre […] Continue reading
September 23, 2016
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On Tuesday, I decided to finally take the bull by the horns and do the thing I had been dreading doing….. the “NOMA”. I have always felt that I struggled with maths when at school as I feel that I excel more in literacy subjects. However, I knew that it was something that I would […] Continue reading
September 23, 2016
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Comments Off on Teacher Competence and Autonomous Language-Lovin’ Learners
This year, as my elective module, I have chosen to study Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) pedagogy. As I have already mentioned in a previous blog post, I am passionate about learning languages and therefore the push of MFL in Scottish Primary Education fills me with joy and excitement. But I know this is not the […] Continue reading
September 23, 2016
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What is mathematics? Though this question is impossible to summarise in a few words, these were my responses to this question from today’s input: “mathematics is solving problems with numbers” “mathematics is universal” “mathematics is everywhere” (This was proven to us by being tasked to highlight in a newspaper wherever we saw maths. The yellow […] Continue reading
