Make your Mark:Becoming an Educationalist
Tom BurnsQuaco CloutterbuckSandra Sinfield
WELCOMELecture (1-hour):• Group Brainstorm• Success strategies• Becoming an Educationalist• Group notesSeminar/Workshop (2-hour)Reflective logs & Peer Review (1-hour)
A packed morning!!
In pairs:
• What do you think Becoming an Educationalist is about?
• What do you hope to find out this morning?
• During lecture: each group make notes on the topic on their flipchart paper.
Some quick guidelines to successful study
SOCCER = Success•Study
techniques•Overview•Creativity•Communicat
e•Emotions•Review
Study Techniques• Good study
techniques improve grades by 50%!
TIPS:• Manage your time• Make memorable,
short notes• Get a reading habit• 30 mins a day!!
Overview• Why are you taking
this degree? • How will it help you
get the job you want?
TIPS:• ‘Overview’ a module
before you start…• ’Overview’ a book
before you read…
Creativity• If you just give back to
tutors what they gave you, you will get an average grade at best. Be creative!!
TIPS:• Make pattern notes• Brainstorm ideas• Free write
Communicate
• Communicate clearly – answer the question set!
TIPS:• Write little and often• Enjoy your writing!• Keep a reading
dossier• Keep a learning log
Emotions
Studying can make you angry, excited, happy, sad – fearful
TIPS:• I am prepared• I can handle it!• I am responsible for
my learning…
Review! Review! Review!• If we do not review &
revise we lose 98% of information in 3 weeks!
TIPS:• Revise your notes• Keep a study journal • Reflect on what you
have learned - every day, week, month
• Get a study partner & talk…
Use our Study Hubwww.londonmet.ac.uk/studyhub
• Studying at University• LIKE Study Chat
The Module
•Becoming an Educationalist
What is an Educationalist?
• A teacher?• A bully?• A facilitator?• A dictator?• Someone who tells you what to
think?• Someone who helps you think for
yourself?
Becoming...
• We ‘become’ • Over time• Through experience• Reflection• Action Research • Reflexivity• Grounded Theory
Don’t Panic!
• This module is designed to get you there...
What we’ll doFour hours per Week in class:
1.Lecture, simulation ,role pay (1-hour)2.Workshops, seminars, activities (2-hour)
3.Peer activities – with PM (1-hour)
Be there – be active – get engaged!
Independent Study
• Four or five hours out of class
• Includes...
Read
• Explore what it means to be an educationalist
• Understand different theories of teaching and learning
• Consider different examples of practice
• Discover Educational Policy
Tips
• Reading Dossier
• Subject Dictionary
Research...
• Own practice as a student
• The University as a site of learning
• Undertake a real Research Project...
Resource Development
• Make a resource to help other students
• Tip: http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/epacks/animation/
Develop Digital You
• Visual practices in class...• And out• BLOG your learning• #ds106 < http://ds106.us/>• Coursera blended learning MOOC
https://www.coursera.org/course/blendedlearning
Embrace Mini-Projects
• Reflective logs & Personal Blogs• Quad-blogging• Active notes• Field notes• Poster Presentations• Installations• #ds106 ‘daily creates’
Assignments:
•Reflective learning (30%)
•Research Project (30%): Research ProposalResearch ReportResource
•Essay (40%)
Reflective logs:
• Weeks: 3, 9, 15 formative assessment
• Week 30 - final submission of at least three extracts with commentary (30%)
Research Project:
• Proposal 1000 words – week 19 (10%)
• Report 1000 words – week 30 (20%)• Artefact – you will get marks for this
when you discuss the process and the product in your Reflective Logs for credit and/or in your final essay.
Essay 1500 words – week 30 (40%)
• ‘To what extent has the module ‘Becoming an Educationalist’ prepared you for the reality of becoming an educationalist? Justify your answer with reference to at least three aspects of or activities on the course.’
Some resourcesSOCCER game:http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/epacks/soccer/Student Prezi – the secret of our success: http://prezi.com/ssuuvqkdx9uz/uni/ DESK:http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/TLTC/learnhigher/desk/desk.html Our writing space:http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/TLTC/connorj/WritingGroups/Presentations: Interactive plan & write resource:http://www2.elc.polyu.edu.hk/CILL/tools/presplan.htm Interactive site - scientific reports:http://www.ncsu.edu/labwrite/STUDY HUB!http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/epacks/studyhub/
Share the group notes
Good Luck!
#studychat
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