September 23, 2016
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Comments Off on It’s not fair!
“Life is not fair”. Different people ascribe varied meanings to the statement. In return one often hears, “Deal with it”, and those who respond this way are more likely to be in a position that society deems as privileged. In our most recent workshop for the Values module we explored social inequality through a devious exercise orchestrated […] Continue reading
September 23, 2016
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Comments Off on First Values Workshop
On Tuesday we had our first values workshop, this tied into the lecture we had that morning. When I first walked in I found myself trying to go to a table that wasn’t too full nor too empty, this was fruitless. When Carrie came in we were each assigned a number between one and four. […] Continue reading
September 23, 2016
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Comments Off on And we’re off…
This week has been pretty busy. I have enjoyed it an awful lot, but it’s also made me think more than I have had to in quite a few years. Lectures have started, reading lists are becoming longer by the minute, interesting education reports seem to pop up everywhere. I think I need that reading […] Continue reading
September 23, 2016
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Comments Off on Using Your Voice
After a thought-provoking lecture and an engaging workshop as an introduction to our values module, I was intrigued to find out more about how we define ourselves as individuals. I therefore took interest in the videos recommended to us by our lecturer; ones which would encourage us to think more deeply about the influence we […] Continue reading
September 23, 2016
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Comments Off on Create A Drama Bag (Drama 1H)
As part of my Expressive Arts project I am going to create a Drama bag in which i will choose a variety of objects to represent particular characters. This bag can be used as a stimuli for role-play or improvisation. Object – Glasses Character– Old Lady/Grandmother Object – Tiara Character – Princess/Fairy/Queen Object-Guitar Pick […] Continue reading
September 23, 2016
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Comments Off on Values Module Workshop 1
Our very first values module workshop took me by surprise. Following our lecture on Bias that morning it never clicked with me that our workshop would be set up the way it was. Upon entering the classroom our lecturer split us into groups which immediately brought us all out of our comfort zone, but this […] Continue reading
September 23, 2016
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I I am going to be perfectly honest, this elective is not really what I expected it to be. I really enjoyed History at school however, the period of History that is discussed for this elective is a little bit too far back for me. I more enjoy more modern history, such as black rights […] Continue reading
September 23, 2016
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Comments Off on Why #BlackLivesMatter and not #AllLivesMatter
Now, before you call me out based on the title, let me clarify this. Very obviously, all lives do matter. Whatever your race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, (dis)ability; Your life matters. Then why is it so crucial that in times like these, we spread the message behind a simple hashtag #BlackLivesMatter, rather than promoting […] Continue reading
September 23, 2016
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Comments Off on Workshop- Values: Self,Society and The Professions
This workshop was one of my first therefore I was apprehensive about what to expect. Not long after we had sat down we were back up again and split into groups; I was in group 3. Each group was given an envelope with materials in it and we were told to make a product for a […] Continue reading
September 23, 2016
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Comments Off on Lost in Number Translation
Skemp suggests that there are 2 types of understanding: instrumental and relational. Instrumental understanding – Not quite about playing the piano, but I think the analogy applies. Instrumental understanding is like knowing the notes to play, but not knowing the tune – in maths terms, it is about knowing the rules, formulas and processes to get […] Continue reading
September 23, 2016
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Comments Off on Values Workshop
This week I took part in my first workshop for the values module. Before the workshop I started I was keen to find out what a university workshop was like and what the lectures had in store for us. When Derek announced the task and provided us with a brown envolope I had lots of […] Continue reading
September 23, 2016
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Comments Off on Clever’s New Friends
Stories are a great way to introduce new concepts or feelings to young children, especially in Early Years (primary and nursery). Children may recognise the feelings of the main character in the story as feelings they have felt in their lives, however, young children struggle to communicate their feelings – emotion words are often learned […] Continue reading
September 22, 2016
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Comments Off on Learning About Colour and Pattern! (Art 3H)
Picture taken from Google Images – www.stationeryinfo.com For this TDT we have been asked to research into colours and aspects of them before going in to personal research around our own favourite colours. After completing this i will then make my own colour wheel, which I will photograph and post at the end of this post. […] Continue reading
September 22, 2016
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On Tuesday, we had our very first values module workshop. We all went into this not know what we would be expected to do or what it would consist of. We started off by being organised into groups, this was done by a typical methods used in the classroom of having everyone line up in […] Continue reading
September 22, 2016
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Comments Off on What is Mathematics?
What is mathematics? Upon reflection, I have realised that is not the easiest question to answer. We are continually engaging with math and yet because it cannot be pigeon-holed, it somehow makes it difficult to explain, but I’ll have a go. Math is all around us, in all that we do and see. It is the […] Continue reading
September 22, 2016
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https://prezi.com/h7x72shmtyol/what-is-mathematics/ What is mathematics? When people ask me what I think mathematics is, I find that quite a hard question to answer to begin with. After having a long think about what I think mathematics I think I can finally answer that dreaded question. I think that mathematics is everyday life. Everything in life revolves […] Continue reading
September 22, 2016
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Comments Off on Why music is so important in the teaching profession
I have always been a firm believer that extra curricular activities are as important for a child as having academic skills. I believe this, not only because it’s important for future CV reference, but also because as a child develops, it is vital for them to adapt skills outwith an academic environment, to feel different […] Continue reading
September 22, 2016
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Comments Off on My First Attempt at the NOMA and the OLA
Over the past 2 weeks I have attempted both the OLA and the NOMA online assessments. The NOMA was easy enough to complete in my flat, however the OLA wouldn’t work correctly, so I had to head to the library. My scores for both tests were: OLA – 80% NOMA – 81% I was […] Continue reading
September 22, 2016
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Comments Off on Equality is Key.
In our values module workshop on Tuesday, I felt a great change of perspective. I was unaware what the true lesson was throughout the workshop and as the secret was revealed, it really set an impression on me. As we were split into 4 groups of roughly 9 students, I was in group 2 and was prepared for a […] Continue reading
September 21, 2016
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Comments Off on Reality Check
I received an Unconditional offer to study at the University of Dundee at the beginning of March 2016. So I had a long wait between receiving my offer of acceptance and finally packing my car and uprooting my life. I hope you understand, therefore, that the reality check of actually being at university has been […] Continue reading
