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Building rapport with students
Tagged with: belonging, Inclusive and student-centred, Teaching and student engagement
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Teaching Mathematics through high-interest problems
Nicos Georgiou, Reader in Mathematics in the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences and winner of a University of Sussex Education Award 2023, shares his approach to teaching tough mathematics to nervous students. What I did I use current and…
Tagged with: Inclusive and student-centred, Teaching and student engagement, Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
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Engaging students through podcasting
Dr C. Rashaad Shabab In this case study, Senior Lecturer and award-winning teacher of Economics, Dr C. Rashaad Shabab, talks about how he is using podcasts as an innovative new assessment mode at Sussex. What I did I offered podcasts…
Tagged with: Assessment and Feedback, Employability, Inclusive and student-centred, Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
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Embedding narratives in lectures
Dr Andy Field, who is a Professor of Quantitative Methods and the recipient of numerous teaching awards at Sussex, talks in this case study about how he uses narratives to make his lectures engaging. Dr. Andy Field in fancy dress…
Tagged with: curriculum design, Inclusive and student-centred, Teaching and student engagement
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Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL)
In this case study, Dr Vassiliki Bamiatzi, Professor of Strategy and International Business at the University of Sussex Business School, talks about her involvement in COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning). What we did Our COIL partnership was with the National…
Tagged with: Applied and relevant, curriculum design, Teaching and student engagement
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Interdisciplinary learning in the Liberal Arts
A Liberal Arts student meeting at the Shard In this case study, Dr Doug Haynes, Reader in American Literature and Visual Culture, discusses the creation of the interdisciplinary Liberal Arts BA at Sussex. What we did In collaboration with an…
Tagged with: curriculum design, decolonising the curriculum, Inclusive and student-centred, student voice
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Centering the student voice in module content and design
Dr Carli Rowell at the Sussex Teaching Festival In this case study, Dr Carli Rowell, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Sussex, shares her experience of co-creating a Sociology module with first-generation, working-class students. What I did I worked with first-generation,…
Tagged with: belonging, curriculum design, Inclusive and student-centred, student voice
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