Author Archives: Maria Militsi

One of the supplementary readings from Workshop 1 (Social Justice & Education) that has been key in my perception of structural racism within the UK university structures and superficial attempts to address it, is Disaggregating the Black Student experience (Broadhead, … Continue reading →

Case Study 1: Knowing and responding to your students` diverse needs. Contextual Background The Diploma in Professional Studies at UAL is an optional form of study that asks students to spend at least 100 days in a work placement or … Continue reading →

The idea of threshold concepts developed by Meyer and Land (2003) in the context of the ETL (Enhancing Teaching Learning environments) project, Threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge (3): implications for course design and evaluation paper (Rust, 2005) introduced me to … Continue reading →

The reading activities in preparation to workshop 3 & 4, The Learning Outcome Debate introduced new to me concepts about principles of constructive alignment (Biggs 1996), teaching/learning activities and assessment tasks and how such systems enable programme teams to design … Continue reading →

Microteaching Task: Object-based Learning / Friday 9February 2024 / LCC T11.07 The first online seminar led by Judy Willcocks, Head of Museum & Study Collections at CSM, and Georgina Orgill, Assistant Manager of the University Archives and Special Collections introduced … Continue reading →

“Who am I”? What is my role as a teacher within the context of the higher education sector and the ever-shifting landscape of the creative industries? How open am I to the requiring changes in my identity and worldview as … Continue reading →