Monthly Archives: January 2025

My Microteaching Experience

Posted on 29th January 2025 by Grace O'Driscoll

In the library, with an Object…. For my microteach session I planned a research-skills based activity starting with a selected object as a jumping off point. Students often start their research with a very narrow interest such as ‘happiness’ or … Continue reading →

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Case Study 1. Bridging the Void: embedding research skills from library induction to dissertation

Posted on 25th January 2025 by Grace O'Driscoll

Using evidence-informed approaches to know and respond to students’ diverse needs Background Following Covid-19 disruption and significant cohort size growth BA Fine Art cohorts at Camberwell had not included research skills sessions in year 2 or 3 for some years. … Continue reading →

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Striving for constructive criticality (in theory)

Posted on 18th January 2025 by Grace O'Driscoll

In my last post I related one of my objectives in taking the PGCert course as gaining understanding of some foundational ethos’ of education. I’m questioning my relationship with theory in light of this. The first learning outcome for this … Continue reading →

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From ‘counting stuff’ to Objects and objectives

Posted on 12th January 2025 by Grace O'Driscoll

It hadn’t really occurred to me to fundamentally question my preferred metrics-based approach to both work and information until one of the lecturers on my Librarianship MA course casually dismissed some quantitative research as ‘just counting stuff’. Having spent my … Continue reading →

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