Sabrina Miller | PG Cert Academic Practice

Unit 1: Theories, Policies and Practices Case Study 3: Assess and/or give feedback for learning First Encounters with Final Marking As an Associate Lecturer and Supervisor on the MA Design for Social Innovation and Sustainable Futures, I assess Unit 5 final projects and contribute to students’ overall grades. During my first experience of final marking…

Unit 1: Theories, Policies and Practices Reflection Object-Based Learning (OBL) is something I’ve engaged with before, but experiencing it through my peers’ micro-teaching sessions shifted something in me. It moved from being a useful educational tool to something much more relational, and potentially transformative to my teaching practice. One of the most impactful methods I…

Unit 1: Theories, Policies and Practices Case Study 2: Plan for and support student learning through appropriate approaches and environments, assess and/or give feedback for learning. Entering the Supervisory Space As an Associate Lecturer on the MA Design for Social Innovation and Sustainable Futures, I supervise 3–4 students through their final Unit 5 projects throughout…

Unit 1: Theories, Policies and Practices Micro-teaching Reflection My 20-minute micro-teach was structured in three parts: a 5-minute introduction outlining the task and its key themes; 10 minutes of independent engagement; and 5 minutes of sharing. Participants were invited to choose a random object and imagine the story it holds or embodies – to think…

Unit 1: Theories, Policies and Practices Reflection During Workshop 1 of the first unit of the PG Cert (Theories, Policies and Practice), I was particularly drawn to how the session modelled the kind of dialogic, reflective and relational teaching practice it was asking us to consider. Engaging collectively with The Charismatic Lecturer (Macfarlane, 2004) created…