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Using Creative Pedagogy to Make Sense of Higher Education
Dr Nathalie Sheridan
School of Health and Life Sciences
Learning Development
Centre
School of Build Environment and
Engineering
Learning Development
Centre
School of Business and Social Sciences
Learning Development
Centre
Aims Using Creative Learning & Teaching Support Transition into HEAcademic Literacies Development
ImplementationCurriculum AlignmentThroughout 1st yearModule Integration
Outcomes Better control and ownership of student responsibilitiesIncreased ConfidenceImprovement in essay marks
The Project
The Approach:Accidental Guerrilla Researcherhttp://www.drnsheridan.com/learning-teaching/the-accidental-guerrilla-researcher/
The Tools:Evaluation FormsReflective PapersBlogsStaff InterviewsStudent Marks
The Research
Social Constructivist & Symbolic Interactionist
Cognitive Dissonance? (Festinger, 1957)
Creative Learning & Teaching (Jeffrey &
Woods, 2009)
The
Peda
gogy
Data—Student Voice Codes so far:
Student expectations & Change of opinion
Initial reactions to teaching
Critique on my teaching
Impact on student (my view)
Impact students’ learning (student view)
Real life context
‘I caught myself trying to imagine myself to be engaging with the audience and showing interest and enthusiasm for the topic. Surprisingly I had some questions after and even shared some of my fears and poor presentation habits’ (J, Ref 1)‘Initially it was the last thing I needed after receiving poor feedback from essays. The word essay fills me with fear, writing essays are my weakness. I enjoyed the workshop it was useful and helped relieve some anxiety. I only wish that I had attended workshops like this prior to submitting course work.’ (L, Ref 1)
Data—Confidence
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Learning & Teaching Strategies
Let’s do stuff!
White C
up ExerciseDescribe
Compare
AnalyseEvaluate
Discuss
Behind the Scenes
• In the beginning
Diagnostic Imaging
• You should see their faces!
Cognitive Dissonance? • Why are you
saying that?
Socratic Inquiry Technique
• Museum’s Pedagogy
Learning on Objects
http://prezi.com/xdpmlihgju6u/white-cup-exercise/
Play-Dough
Behind the Scenes
• International Master in Engineering Students
In the beginning
• They actually gasped!
Cognitive Dissonance • Ownership,
Control, Relevance & Innovation
Creative Learning
• Let’s do stuff!
John Dewey
Thank you!
Twitter: @drnsheridan
Homepage: www.drnsheridan.com
