Respecting and Responding to the International Student Experience (RISE)

by Kevin Haines

One of the ways in which CALD makes itself visible across the institution is by sharing its expertise on Teaching international students. For several years we have done this by delivering workshops on Learning and Teaching in the International Classroom for BILT as part of the CREATE scheme. During the past academic year, we have also worked with colleagues across the university to develop guidance for academics on their teaching of groups consisting of both international and home students. The findings of the RISE project have been written up as a Guide and represented as a Poster. My blog post for BILT brings together these components and describes how I have been able to incorporate the RISE material into the workshop. Click here to read on.  (more…)

Perceptions of Autonomy

by Rachel Wall

Last year, I embarked on a series of research projects which led me on a merry dance through the avenues and rabbit holes of autonomy. They led me to question my own practice and the precarious balance of appropriate scaffolding; dive into the baffling world of Legitimation Code Theory (LCT); experiment with coding; observe the language choices of my fellow tutors; design surveys and observation instruments and fundamentally left me wondering if autonomy can ever really exist. I’m not going to lie: the process ‘flawed’ me on many occasions – in both senses of the homophone – and forced me to rethink my own approach to life, as both a tutor and a citizen of this luscious planet. (more…)