Category: TPP selected

  • Black Teacher, Beryl Gilroy 1952

    I listened to Black Teacher on audio, It was a vibrantly animated, powerful reflection on her experiences as a black woman teaching in schools during a turbulent time in UK human rights & politics. To understand the bigger picture of Gilroys’ experiences, I turned to the history books (online articles) for more background on what…

  • Teaching With Integrity

    Carole Morrisons, Head of Social Purpose at LCF hosted a workshop for the LCF Fashion, Design and Development course. I’m currently on a teaching placement with FDD and so was invited along to take part. The conversation was incredibly rich with different pedagogical topics arising and thoughtful conversations on inclusive practice and widening participation. I…

  • The Zone of Proximal Development

    “what a child can do today withassistance, she will be able to doby herself tomorrow”(Vygotsky, 1978) I watched a very interesting session on Vygotsky ZPD on moodle and some of these points have led me to reflect on My tutors observation feedback from my Macramé workshop. One of the topics I requested feedback on was…