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Category Archives: pedagogy
a parable for online teaching
The early 1930s. Pre Nazi Germany. Walter Benjamin, philosopher and cultural critic, regularly presents a twenty minute “book lore”programme on German radio. In his story “On the minute” Benjamin tells us that when his programmes were first commissioned, the department … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, audience, online teaching, pedagogy
Tagged audience, online teaching, Pat Thomson, pedagogy, Walter Benjamin
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are we heading for a DIY PhD?
This is an op-ed piece I’ve recently written. It’s still in press but I thought I might give it a little pre-publication outing here. The DIY theme is one I’m doing more work on right now. In the humanities and … Continue reading
sadness and supervision
My neighbours are moving. Their’s is not the only house up for sale in our street, there are three in just one block. It’s obviously the time of year when people sell. I’m going to miss the folk next door, … Continue reading
Posted in emotional research, pedagogy, supervision
Tagged emotion, Pat Thomson, sadness, supervision
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learning to supervise: from training to pedagogy
This guest post is by Eva Bendix Petersen. Eva is senior lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Her research focusses on subject/identity formation in educational contexts, especially as they play out in Academia. Eva … Continue reading
Posted in doctoral pedagogies, learning, pedagogy, PhD, supervision
Tagged doctoral pedagogies, Eva Petersen, supervision, training
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a blogging ‘identity’
I erased a post this morning, for the first time. I didn’t get rid of it altogether, because it’s OK. I just removed it from the schedule and saved it. I took it out of this blog because I realized … Continue reading
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