Senior Lecturer at Queens University Belfast
I’m hoping to start a pilot for my classroom ethnographic study very soon, and Heath and Street’s primer has been an excellent guide to preparation for an ethnographic study. Whilst my pilot will be a ‘light touch’ version of my doctoral study, it is important for me to […]
I just got back from a two day course by Vitae on “How to be an effective researcher for postgraduate researchers”. It was fun. And a few activities really left me intrigued. One such activity was a role play with one person behaving as a supervisor and the […]
Bateson (1972) draws our attention to the relationship between man and his tools. He asks: “Suppose I am a blind man, and I use a stick…Is my mental system bounded at the handle of the stick? Is it bounded by my skin? Does it start halfway up the […]
If we take the view that the tools we use for certain actions do not simply facilitate them, but they ultimately transform them in a mutually constitutive way, then the study of one (actor) necessitates the study of the other (actor). As such, an approach known as Actor […]
Gosh it’s been a while. From organising and presenting at academic conferences, I now have to do the toughest job of all – facilitating a ‘World Café’ session for academic staff. Why did I even bother suggesting it??? A World Cafe approach is designed to focus and enhance […]
My latest lecture on developing writing skills using a PROCESS framework: .prezi-player { width: 400px; } .prezi-player-links { text-align: center; } Developing Academic Writing Skills on Prezi
My latest lecture on the levels of learning, using Bloom’s taxonomy, advice from Prof Alan Macfarlane, and the STRIDE project.
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