By reading Biggs (2011) Chapter 4 ‘Using constructive alignment in outcomes-based teaching and learning’ my understanding of the ways in which teaching in Higher Education aligns with my pedagogy began to make more sense to me. I had struggled to align my values and beliefs during my Secondary teacher training and this theory helped me understand what a constructivist teaching model can look like in practice, and to reflect on my own experience as an art student within the British education system. Key question: How might I design and deliver teaching and learning in new ways that draw on past experience to create new knowledge for students and myself?

References:

Biggs,J. and Tan, C. (2007) Teaching for Quality Learning at University, Open University Press