Last month BILT co-hosted a workshop with some of the BILT Associate Project holders, on ‘Developing a pedagogic research proposal’, where colleagues from across the University came together to discuss the top tips on the journey through pedagogical research. The workshop sparked vibrant discussion about the process of educational research and participants’ own emerging ideas. There were some interesting questions around the topics colleagues were engaged in researching, the ethics process, as well as the more logistical issue of making time for this in everyday schedules. Conversations were open, reflective and energising with colleagues sharing challenges and insights drawn from diverse teaching contexts and disciplines. Most colleagues ended the session with a draft of their own pedagogical proposal and action points of where to go next.
The workshop highlighted the value of pedagogical research as a collaborative, developmental space – one where ideas are refined through dialogue and collective learning. These ideas need not necessarily be big but can be something small you may be puzzling about in your practice.
We would like to invite colleagues interested in pedagogical research to get involved, share ideas and join future opportunities to connect, explore and develop research grounded in teaching practise. We encourage you to engage with the resources in Develop that have been devised by the BILT Associate Project team. You can find them listed on the right-hand side of the web page, make sure you are signed in on Develop. These modules have been developed to support you with your own pedagogical research; please share any feedback you have about them via the survey linked in the resources. And do look out for the call for BILT project proposals coming soon around the new BILT themes.
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