barefoot guide to research informed teaching

CONTENTS

1. Highlights2. Getting there3. Visas and red tape4. Insurance5. Costs, money & banks6. Maps and information

THE BAREFOOT GUIDE to Research Informed Teaching ON A BUDGET

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4 things not to miss:

• Sharing the journey with students on a ‘pedagogy of joint discovery’ (Barnett 2007)

• Focusing on the journey rather than end point (Gibbs 2011)

• Posing questions rather than proposing answers• New vistas of intellectual challenge and

stimulation.

Highlights

You can begin your RIT journey from:

• Your own and students’ research interests• The curriculum• Real world projects and questions• Consultancy and industry links• Your discipline• Pedagogic research

Getting there

If you find yourself in this dodgy location, take an RIT turn

A few things may trip you up:

• Not knowing how to design an RIT curriculum• Students being oblivious to the direction of

travel• Students not wanting to stamp your RIT

passport• Quality not readily issuing a visa to travel to

unknown territory.

Visas and red tape

Insurance

Remember to take out in-house insurance:

• Solent are underwriters• SLTI will be your brokers, R&I your investors• Post-docs Virandi and Jamil will give research

and evaluation support• Less risky in large numbers – at Solent & in

wider community of RIT active universities, eg. UCLAN, UCL, Sheffield.

You will need currency for travel to RIT:

• Enthusiasm and willingness to take a few risks• Time to spend with colleagues who have

pioneered RIT and the SLTI RIT team• Spare change to negotiate ideas through quality

regulations if necessary• Trading a bit of content and control for student

engagement in an inquiry process

Cost, money and banks

A TEF bail out?

Universities provide an environment for deeper and wider learning, allowing for the development of analytical and creative thinking, objective inquiry and primary research.

(White paper, p.16)

Maps and information

The main map is a bit outdated but looks like this:

Maps and information

From my vantage point it looks like this:

THE BAREFOOT GUIDE toRIT in SLTI @SOLENTExpert Advice. Easy to Use.

Travel to RITVia RM 241The door is open.Let the journey begin (or continue!).

Please get in touch with a local guide if you want to chat about your RIT ideas, or join forces to get RIT going at Solent.

THANK YOU! tansy.jessop@solent.ac.uk