Edition 4

Pedagogies of Possibility: Tales of Transformation and HE Hope

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Teaching Insights is Oxford Brookes University’s open access teaching and learning publication. The format of the publication is online (this website). It is a source of practical ideas for teachers in higher education to create exceptional student experiences and provides scholarly discussion about a different important educational theme in each edition. It features contributions from staff and students who teach and learn at various levels and across many disciplines. Readers can thus expect to gain insights from the practical wisdom of a diverse range of writers. It aims to be accessible yet scholarly and is an excellent opportunity for first time student and staff publishers.

This current edition is on the theme of Pedagogies of Possibility: Tales of Transformation and HE Hope related to our International Teaching and Learning Conference, June 2023.

Editorial

A welcome from the Editor and summary of the highlights of this edition.

Recipes for Success

Practical, bite-sized insights from staff and student contributors.

The Bigger Picture

An introduction to current debates on our theme.

Features from previous editions:

Alumni Reunion

Former students and their teacher in dialogue about what’s made the difference.

Tales from the Faculty

A lecturer reflects on how to best support international students, having made the journey from being one himself to teaching them.

Your Questions Answered

A guest panel of staff and students responds to reader-submitted questions.

Edition 4, Editorial

A welcome from the Editor

Edition 4, The Bigger Picture

What is the purpose and possibility of an HE education?

Edition 4, Recipes for Success

Equality, Diversity, & Inclusion in collections, information literacy and professional practice

Edition 4, Recipes for Success

Career Story Telling for the Sustainable Development Goals: a masterclass resource

Edition 4, Recipes for Success

Peer mentoring in the Placement experience search

Edition 4, Recipes for Success

Fostering a Gender-sensitive Curriculum

Edition 4, Recipes for Success

​​Using coaching, compassion, contemplation and community to develop academic professionals

Edition 4, Recipes for Success

Enhancing Student Engagement and Empowerment through Co-Design and Co-Assessment in Writing Coursework: A Student-As-Partners Approach

Edition 4, Recipes for Success

In Dialogue: student-staff co-creation and collaboration at the University of Manchester

Edition 4, Recipes for Success

The Possibilities of Tutor-Supported Observations in Initial Teacher Education

Edition 4, Recipes for Success

Teaching for ethos change: transformative experiences in a hopeful ‘design-for-good’ pedagogy

Edition 4, Recipes for Success

Newly Qualified Early Years Teachers as Agents of Change in Mathematics Education in India