Reflections

  • Knowing yourself as a teacher

    Dr Ainius Lasas, from the Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies at the University of Bath, reflects on the importance of knowing yourself as a teacher and where that may be an advantage or a disadvantage.

  • Different sources of feedback

    Dr Ainius Lasas, from the Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies at the University of Bath, reflects on the useful and sometimes unexpected little ideas gained from additional feedback from different sources, even when one thinks things are going...

  • Cultural contexts and approaches

    Dr Ainius Lasas, from the Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies at the University of Bath, discusses some ways in which the different cultural and academic backgrounds of his students lead to different approaches, which may be at odds...

  • Guiding the learning path

    Dr Ainius Lasas, from the Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies at the University of Bath, discusses how he views he role as a guide leading students to see connections and through a path of concepts he wants them...

  • To what extent does creativity help?

    Dr Ainius Lasas, from the Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies at the University of Bath, debates the balance of adding creative elements to teaching, whilst keeping an eye on the rationale and asking how much this helps student...

  • Balancing style, goals and students

    Dr Ainius Lasas, from the Department of Politics, Languages and International Studies at the University of Bath, discusses the balance between ones own personal style as a teacher, the specific learning goals you have for a course and the students...

  • Experience of lecture capture

    Dr Christopher Pudney, from the Department of Biology and Biochemistry at the University of Bath, reflects on his experience of recording lectures and discusses his rationale for doing so.

  • Flipping the right thing

    Dr Christopher Pudney, from the Department of Biology and Biochemistry at the University of Bath, considers the benefits and challenges of flipping in his teaching and how to choose what to flip and what to not flip.

  • Engaged learning through impediment free and active teaching

    Peter A. Sloan FHEA PhD MChemPhys, Department of Physics Peter wrote small piece on his approach and philosophy to teaching with a copy first published on his blog - here it is:

  • Bringing material to life

    Dr Fabio Nemetz from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Bath, leads this video looking at using multimedia to bring media to life in a lecture, with contributions from students and examples from other staff. This video is part of a set in which Fabio and his students discuss techniques he uses do try to make lectures more engaging.