DLP’s Framing of Feedback in a Communicative Approach to Learning & Teaching – Formal and Informal; and Assumptions of Learners Continuing on from my previous blogs (2020a) in this series, I present an update of my Learning & Teaching Philosophy + Practice. Feedback – Informal In a practical-based HE Learning and Teaching environment such as SAE...
Category: Educational Philosophy
DLP outlines his philosophy to education and learning practice in this series of blogs – Part 1, 2, 3a, 3b, 3c.
Learning & Teaching Philosophy & Practice Part 4a
Revising my Learning & Teaching Philosophy Statement Layer 1a: Revisiting and rearticulating my approach to Learning & Teaching practice Continuing on from my previous circa 2015 blogs in this series, I have reflected upon, and revised my Learning & Teaching Philosophy. This development emerged from an ongoing professional development commitment; specifically from my application process to the...
Education & Learning – the first 10,000 hours….
The first 10,000 hours of practice is everything….. “10,000 hours. That is: 40 hours per week, for 48 weeks a year, for 5.2 years. A full-time employment workload excluding time where the aspiring practitioner is observing, or being talked through a task by a professional practitioner. A full-time employment workload, excluding training periods where the aspiring practitioner is doing...
Educational Philosophy Part 3c
On track to develop mastery of one self, what is your approach to education and learning? (contd) Layer 9: My approach in the learning experience Continuing on from my previous blogs in this series: it is my desired goal to develop a collaborative, collegial, safe learning environment. Trust and respect are core to this process. As mentioned in the...
Educational Philosophy Part 3b
On track to develop mastery of one self, what is your approach to education and learning? Layer 8: My approach in preparing for a learning practice session Continuing on from my previous blogs in this series: as I have indicated in my first blog, I have laid this section out in the following nine (9) parts. Layer 8a: My approach...
Educational Philosophy Part 3a
On track to develop mastery of one self, what is your approach to education and learning? Layer 7: My approach to educational practice Continuing on from my previous blogs in this series: as I have indicated in prior blogs “I have been fortunate in my educational practice career to have taught across different eras, across a diverse number of fields...
Educational Philosophy Part 2
Know one self, develop mastery of one self Vision Blueprint (2015) Continuing on from my previous blogs in this series; I am a practitioner across multiple disciplines. My formal post-compulsory education qualifications include engineering, business, governance, teaching, education and sound production. I have held coal face type positions, project management and consultancy positions, numerous senior and executive management positions...
Educational Philosophy Part 1
Educational Philosophy Education, training and learning is about achieving a specific intended end goal for a group of learners; and having the learners attain the learning outcomes of a particular discipline (Bowe et al 1992). At the core of education, training and learning lays the education philosophy of the institution, which is then embedded within...
Leadership Part 3
Changing Agendas in Leadership The following essay represents an analysis of a current leadership issue in an organisational context, referencing appropriate literature. Glossary of Terms ARI – Australian Racing Industry QRI – Queensland Racing Industry QRITC – Queensland Racing Industry Training Centre SBM – Site – Based Management Introduction It would seem that economic rationalism...
Leadership Part 2
What is 21st Century Leadership? Many have attempted to define what leadership is. Galbraith for example: “All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.” (Galbraith:1977b)...