Providing audio feedback
Andrea Wilczynski from the School of Modern Languages records individual audio feedback for Stage 2 students studying German. Read more about the results here.
Category: Humanities and Social Sciences
Peer review to improve essay writing for first years in School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics
Dr Kirsten MacLeod, Lecturer School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics Humanities and Social Sciences What did you do? Introduced compulsory Peer Review for First Year students. Who is involved? Dr Stacy Gillis, Dr Ruth Connolly and Dr Kirsten MacLeod introduced a peer review component for first term survey modules. Seminar tutors divide all of Read more about Peer review to improve essay writing for first years in School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics[…]
Student-led curriculum design
Dr Paul Fleet, School of Arts and Cultures describes how students helped to shape the curriculum design with some encouraging results.
Using Facebook to facilitate international debate
Students in Newcastle University Law School developed their debating skills using Facebook. Dr Bronwen Jones explains how this worked.
The House of Commons workshop approach
Dr Andrew Law, Senior Lecturer School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Humanities and Social Sciences What did you do? Developed a House of Commons series of workshops for the Stage 3 Planning Theory and Politics course. It is a very political course that allows students to debate philosophical and political issues, from the environment, to Read more about The House of Commons workshop approach[…]
Practicing and critiquing the use of market methods in planning
Dr David Webb, Lecturer School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Humanities and Social Sciences What did you do? Technical assessments of development viability and retail need are often lengthy and complicated in nature and frequently involve Excel spreadsheets with multiple sheets and inter-linking information and/ or reports totalling hundreds of pages. In this module, these Read more about Practicing and critiquing the use of market methods in planning[…]
LAW8152: A subject-specific research training module
Jenny Johnstone, Lecturer Newcastle Law School Humanities and Social Sciences What did you do? The Law School offers LAW8152, a two semester module on theories and methods of research specific to the field of law. Who is involved? Professor Chris Rodgers and Jenny Johnstone organise the module, and several other members of staff lead seminars Read more about LAW8152: A subject-specific research training module[…]
Using role play scenarios for teaching employment law
Stage 3 Employment Law Students practice applying law to real life situations using role play
Mock-viva video
Professor Anthony Zito, Professor of European Public Policy School of Geography, Politics and Sociology Humanities and Social Sciences What did you do? Mock-Viva Video for Ph.D. students Who is involved? Professor Anthony Zito (Politics), Dr Kate Manzo (Geography), PG Students https://youtu.be/GZ7qXpEXfAQ How do you do it? A PG student agreed to be filmed undertaking Read more about Mock-viva video[…]