After reading Karen Harris’s Embracing the Silence: Introverted Learning and the Online Classroom, I found myself reflecting deeply on my teaching practices, particularly around the concept of participation. I’ve often placed pressure on students to “actively participate,” sometimes even tying grades to this notion of engagement. However, this approach has sometimes led to students freezing or […]
PgCert Academic Practice
Author: Monika Gravagno
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It’s interesting to find myself in the position of a student. Again. I completed my MA in Social Design fairly recently—just a year and a half ago. At the time, I was a 35-year-old student among classmates who were, on average, 25. The age gap was significant, and I felt it. This distance between […]
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Monika here! I work at CSM as Climate Justice Curriculum Developer. Excited to be part of the PGcert cohort and work on my teaching practice.