As we begin a new academic year, Lee-Ann Sequeira revisits ideas and practice from past posts that still hold good: the demanding culture of going above and beyond, understanding a new generation of students and teaching assistants, and an imaginative and inclusive approach to education
Above and beyond
The start of a new academic year is an opportune moment to reflect on what counts as teaching excellence. Kat Higgins examines the paradox of going above and beyond. Read the full post.
I could have left the emails unanswered, the students unmet, the slides shoddy. On some level, though, I knew that if I was going to be a good teacher I would have to go above and beyond my contracted hours, and at times, my job description.
Notes from the chalkface
Cultural references, pronouns … those first few days of getting to know a new cohort of students can be a minefield. Lee-Ann Sequeira discusses how to set the tone in the classroom. Read the full post.
Deliberately design space for these ‘difficult’ issues to arise and be discussed in the course curriculum and teaching.
Imagining alternative futures
As we and our students face difficult challenges – climate change, the cost of living crisis, casualisation, Anke Schwittay introduces the need for a critical-creative education, which makes space for imagination, creativity, and radical hope. Read the full post.
as Colombian activists put it, "we cannot construct our world with more of the same . . . What’s possible has already been done; now let’s go for the impossible.
Making higher education more accessible
As we aim to create more inclusive communities in HE, Nicole Brown shares her top-five list of accessibility hacks for teachers and lecturers. Read the full post.
Accommodating everyone is not easy. But restricting an accommodation to a particular group of people … is also problematic
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This post is opinion-based and does not reflect the views of the London School of Economics and Political Science or any of its constituent departments and divisions.
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