To be able to understand something involves questions around knowing. How do we come to know what we know? This is an epistemological concern. Knowing doesn’t happen in a vacuum (e.g: formalism: detaching the work from context and reducing it to its formal qualities) instead knowing happens during an ontological event, a happening of sorts. …
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I must admit that I felt very apprehensive before sharing. New people, new learning environment, abstracted by the ether of the internet. Nonetheless I felt relieved afterwards. I think it has to do with simply adjusting to learning remotely and getting to know everyone. The newness of it all! I feel very inspired after hearing …
Evaluate the teaching/organisational methods used During the session there were references to reports carried out by various educational and governmental institutions. The reports give a perspective on the current state of HE and how to approach teaching within the context of a pandemic. I noticed the gaps in representation in the bar graphs Mr Wisdom …
Hey There, It’s Alaa here. I want to note down my intentions for undertaking the PGCert in Academic Practice and give some context on what I hope to learn during the upcoming year. I currently work in a primary school as a learning assistant and have always been a keen learner. I hope that this …
