Tag: WISER

Graphical image of figures putting puzzle pieces together. Text reads: 'Begin with end goals in mind. What result do you want need / to achieve?', below that is the word 'Success' in big bold letters, alongside 'pitfalls, failures, challenges'. The SOAR model is summarised in another text box: 'My Self, My Opportunities, My Aspirations, My Results'. At the bottom of the image another text block reads 'Own and align personal values and professional aspirations with sustainable employability and global needs for sustainable futures'.
Sustainability

Animating the SOAR metamodel as a pedagogy and andragogy for personalised learning and holistic development

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Arti Kumar MBE; National Teaching Fellow; Emerita University of Bedfordshire; AGCAS Lifetime Achievement Award winner  I attended the ANTF Symposium in April and presented on the key enablers that hold powerful potential for SOAR to ‘Soar to success’. Over the years I have become associated with my publications and expertise in the design and delivery… Continue reading Animating the SOAR metamodel as a pedagogy and andragogy for personalised learning and holistic development

Engineering classroom at De Montfort University, students listening to a presentation
Annual NTF Symposia

Addressing the academic needs of engineering students from diverse backgrounds

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Dr Anna Strzelecka, Dr F. Farukh, Mr Thomas Skinner, De Montfort University  Students and staff in the School of Engineering and Sustainable Development at De Montfort University come from a diverse range of backgrounds and qualifications. The majority of them come from minoritised groups, i.e. Black, Asian and minority ethnic, from disadvantaged backgrounds, the first… Continue reading Addressing the academic needs of engineering students from diverse backgrounds

A Diagram of the Synthesised Model of Reflection (SMoR). Stage 1 A rectangle encompassing the following questions and prompts to indicate a self-evaluation. What roles interest me? Who do I want to be? Prompts - Knowledge. Intra/interpersonal learning. Experiential learning. Identity. Arrow leading from the self-evaluation to "Goals". Arrow leading from "Goals" to three separate experiences in Stage 2. Stage 2 There are three rectangles labelled "Experience 1", "Experience 2" and "Experience 3". Each rectangle is surrounded by three questions: What? So What? What next? Arrows point from each question to the next forming a circle. This is to indicate the reflection of each experience. Dotted arrows point from each experience to Stage 4, passing through Stage 3. Stage 3. The dotted arrows pass through a box stating "What was influenced by me and my role? What have I learned about myself?". The box and arrows are captured by a large circle which states "What was influenced by context?". The arrows passing through Stage 3 indicate the evaluative process which occurs between Stages 2 and 4, synthesising the experiences together. Stage 4. A rectangle encompassing the following questions and prompts: Who am I now? What are my next steps to progress? Prompts - Knowledge. Intra/interpersonal learning. Experiential learning. Identity. Finally, an arrow leads from this rectangle back to goals to indicate that this is a cyclic process.
Annual NTF Symposia

The Synthesised Model of Reflection (SMoR): A new approach to assess reflections

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Dr Iain Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Nottingham Trent University  I attended my first Association of National Teaching Fellows annual symposium earlier this year, which was hosted at De Montfort University. I was extremely grateful and honoured to have my abstract accepted and be able to talk about my Scholarship sabbatical work.  Self-reflection is essential… Continue reading The Synthesised Model of Reflection (SMoR): A new approach to assess reflections