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Intervention Proposal – Peer presentation

This is the PowerPoint presentation delivered during peer presentations.

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Blog Post 3 – Race

Looking at dashboard data, 37.8% of students are racially minoritised.  At grade 4, 29.1% of staff are racially minoritised. At Grade 5, this rises to 31.5%. UAL’s target for BAME representation in staff is 30%. But, if our student body … Continue reading

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Blog post 2 : Faith

Intersectionality and Faith: Creating Space for the Whole Person Kimberlé Crenshaw’s intersectionality theory explains that different parts of who we are—our faith, race, gender, class—combine to shape our lived experiences in complex and unique ways. Faith doesn’t exist in isolation, … Continue reading

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Rationale for Intervention: Enhancing Technical Handouts for BA Fashion Contour

As a Specialist Technician – Learning and Teaching on the BA Fashion Contour course, I deliver technical workshops to first- and second-year students, who arrive with a wide range of sewing abilities. According to dashboard data, 30% of these students … Continue reading

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Blog Post 1: Disability

Ade Adepitan, in his interview with Paralympics GB, highlights that people’s disabilities don’t limit them, but instead its the societal barriers and discrimination surrounding them. This aligns with the social model of disability, which suggests it’s society—not impairment—that disables people. … Continue reading

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Case Study 3: Assessing learning and exchanging feedback

Contextual Background.  I am a Specialist Technician: Learning and Teaching for BA Fashion Contour at London College of Fashion. In my role, I provide technical support to students as they create their final garment outcomes. Technicians are not included in … Continue reading

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Case Study 2: Planning and teaching for effective learning

Contextual Background.  I conduct technical workshops that focus on demonstrating methods for constructing contour-based garments, with students actively participating, replicating the techniques to complete their own sample. The primary learning outcome is to equip students with a foundational understanding of … Continue reading

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Case Study 1: Knowing and responding to your students’ diverse needs. 

Contextual Background:I deliver technical workshops to year 1&2 BA Fashion Contour. I demonstrate how to make a sample to industry standard, and the students create their own. The purpose of the workshops is to understand industry standards, which is implemented … Continue reading

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Peer Observation -3: Observation of my teaching practice by my Tutor 

Session to be observed: 27th February 2025 – Technical workshop. Basque part 2, BA Fashion Contour year 1 group B., 9.30am – 12.30pm. Size of student group: 20 Observer: Karen Matthewman Observee: Jade Gellard   Note: This record is solely … Continue reading

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