Two years ago I wrote a post about my experiences and reflections from my time at a Pupil Referral Unit (PRU). Today I bring to you a different set of different experiences that has been launched upon me in a very short period of time – online education. Covid-19 and the spread of the coronavirus …
Author: scottsned
Different Type of Schooling
As part of my teaching training course at The OAKS, Keele University (link), I often have to write a set of reflections based upon my experiences in different situations. One set of reflections was from my time at a Pupil Referral Unit (PRU). PRU accommodates students who have been excluded or are at risk of exclusion …
ChemEdCarnival – 2
Last month, Dr Katherine Haxton re-introduced the concept of the blog carnival (link), where the host thinks of a topic, bloggers write about it and then on carnival day, the host publishes a blogpost with links to all the posts. This month, the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Chemical Education Research Group (CERG) are hosting …
Subject Identity in the Sciences
This is the third instalment of a highly edited version of a submitted article that I wrote for my Postgraduate Certificate in Education course at Keele University. The post will look at the identity of the sciences as a subject as a whole, focussing on specifically on chemical education, along with its pedagogy. The teaching of …
Background – FE to HE
In the next few posts, I want to write about my academic background, where I have come from, the different routes I took, and reflect on the challenges to getting to where I am today. In this post, I write about my time from Further Education to Higher Education. I didn't start my academic life …
Thinking Differently
Recently, I have applied for a Teacher of Chemistry position at two independent schools in the UK. I was successful in obtaining an interview at both of them, but sadly I was not successful at the interview stage and consequently rejected. Sitting back and thinking about what happened during the two interviews, my thoughts went …
Daily Post Prompt: 3rd March #Messy
Today's Daily Prompt word (link) is: Messy. This week has been a little challenging. In many aspects, I just wanted to crawl away somewhere nice and warm and forget the world around me - just for a little bit. Today's Daily Prompt word from WordPress is aligned rather well with where my mind and thoughts …
Assessment Practices in Scientific Subjects
This post is another highly edited version of a submitted article that I wrote for my Postgraduate Certificate in Education course at Keele University. In the essay, I wanted to write about my understanding of assessment practices in the scientific subjects. I wrote about the different forms of assessment strategies that different schooling levels can take, and …
Continue reading Assessment Practices in Scientific Subjects
Reflections on Coming Out as a Teacher
I've been thinking about this one for a while now. The angle in which to go down changes every time I start to type, and definitely changes depending on my current mood. This post is about reflections on 'coming out', with a particular focus on being open to the students in which I teach at …
ChemEdCarnival
When asked to write a section on "The most memorable teaching session [I] have participated in" by Dr Katherine Haxton (link), I was initially excited as I would get a chance to begin to carve out a little section of the online scientific education community that I can call my own. At this present time, …
Spectroscopic Ramblings 