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 …
Tag: Reflection
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 …
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 