Lessons from the year that was 2019

I wrote a post with a similar title at the end of 2017. It seems timely to reflect on these 5 lessons and consider how I might apply them to the year, and indeed the decade, ahead. Not a list of new year resolutions most certainly, I prefer to think of them as a setContinue reading “Lessons from the year that was 2019”

Reflecting on PACT week 3

Our second activity for week 3 of PACT involved identifying how one of the selected readings can help us better reflect on our practice. Four resources were suggested and while I would have liked to have selected one of the SEDA specials I couldn’t locate a library source, so selected Chandran’s presentation instead. I wasContinue reading “Reflecting on PACT week 3”

PACT week 3: Domain 4 Professional Knowledge and Skills in Teaching and Learning

Part of this week’s PACT homework involves digging into the national PD Framework (for all staff who teach in higher education). I love the ‘all staff‘ focus since it certainly helps with the identity crisis that regularly hits me – but that’s a post for another day since we have a 250 word limit onContinue reading “PACT week 3: Domain 4 Professional Knowledge and Skills in Teaching and Learning”

An open letter to my students of #MN6052 AY2018/19

Our module has come and gone, assessment work has been graded and it’s time for reflection. By that I mean my own reflection rather than yours, many of which have inspired this blog post (or ‘blessay’ given its length at just over 1,000 words) and your insightful direct quotes are scattered liberally throughout. Here goes…Continue reading “An open letter to my students of #MN6052 AY2018/19”

My name is Sandra and I am a teacher…

In last month’s post I referred to my planned research project for Module One of my structured PhD programme, the first draft of which is due for peer review in a week’s time. Being a logical sort of person, I drafted my introduction and literature review, in the knowledge that both will need to be edited duringContinue reading “My name is Sandra and I am a teacher…”

And so it begins…

PathwaytoPhD is back from sabbatical – where did those four months go? In truth, it was a sabbatical from this blog and during this time I still wrote a little (for my local Tidy Towns group), I read a little more (advance reading for my PhD ahead) and did a bit of organisation thanks toContinue reading “And so it begins…”