Evidencing teaching achievements effectively
2019-01-23 | Limerick
Learning Outcomes:

To be able to identify and gather appropriate evidence for teaching achievements
To appreciate your own key achievements in teaching and supporting learning, including recognising where you have exercised leadership
To be able to present a teaching achievement effectively in a teaching portfolio

Exploring alternatives: Critique of the process-product paradigm dominating Teaching Educator Professional Learning (TEPL) in contemporary higher education
2018-12-13
Learning Outcomes:
As a result of this seminar participants will:

Provide an open space to better understand the key assumptions and ideological governance forms underpinning the Process-Product model of Teacher Educator Professional Development operating in contemporary Ireland, Europe and OECD countries
Apply a select literature review in gaining a deeper understanding of the contemporary framing of HEI Policy in TEPL using human capital theory and the contested nature of this worldview in the international literature
Productively debate issues and concerns about academic progression criteria currently presented in western HEIs as a watertight evidence-based solution
Re-consider the purposes of education and teacher educators/educational researcher’s responsibility for the critical, social and heuristic aspects of education and the concept of a democratic society

A Shannon Consortium dissemination seminar: What we believe: Student stakeholder perspectives on religion, belief & spirituality in third level Irish educational contexts (NI & ROI)
2018-11-29 11:00 - 15:15 UTC
Learning Outcomes:

Explore the belief and value contexts students experience in Irish Higher Education Institutions
Reflect on the results of a highly innovative study, which has been conducted across the island of Ireland
Critique contributions from a range other scholars in the related field of education, values, religions and beliefs
Share ‘good practice’ and learning from the research
Explore the implications for student development and preparation for future professional practice

Facilitating student leadership to foster academic culture
2018-11-08 08:00 - 17:00
Learning Outcomes

Participants will be able to identify the benefits of an effective student leadership programme for a successful transition to third level education
Participants will be able to structure and plan the delivery of a student leadership programme focused on academic culture and programmatic socialisation. This seminar will outline the processes and structures required for its planning and delivery
Participants will be able to verify how student leadership can build academic culture as a result of the interactions between i) academic staff, ii) older programme peers appointed as student leaders, and iii) first year students
Participants will be able to align their institutional student engagement commitments through the activation of a student leadership model for new students
The evaluation framework used by Newcastle University’s ‘Peer Mentoring’ programme will be shared, to prompt potential approaches to evaluation”
