The Privilege Walk exercise, created by Peggy McIntosh’s (1988), is a powerful tool for raising awareness of systemic advantages and disadvantages. Participants respond to prompts by stepping forward or backward, depending on their lived experiences. For example, a participant may step forward if they “never had to worry about crime, drugs, or violence in their […]
PgCert Academic Practice
Month: March 2025
Leah Thomas’s The Intersectional Environmentalist (2022) highlights how environmental issues disproportionately affect marginalised communities, linking social justice with sustainability. She critiques mainstream environmentalism for sidelining voices from racialised and underprivileged groups, advocating instead for an inclusive approach that recognises intersecting systems of oppression. The book serves as both a call to action and a practical guide for […]
Planning session with climate advocates Size of student group: 6 pp Observer: Victor Guillen Observee: Monika Gravagno Note: This record is solely for exchanging developmental feedback between colleagues. Its reflective aspect informs PgCert and Fellowship assessment, but it is not an official evaluation of teaching and is not intended for other internal or legal applications such as […]
Contextual Background As a Curriculum Developer, I observed the Creative Union unit at CSM, an undergraduate collaborative and interdisciplinary unit. A key challenge in this 20-credit unit is the heavy assessment load, which includes both product and process assessments (Anon, n.d). Additionally, the emphasis of assessment on the final project often overshadows the assessment of students’ collaboration skills, such as ethics, negotiation, and conflict resolution. Evaluation Assessment […]