Teaching and Learning the Unteachable: Pedagogies Matter

Promoting Reflexivity in Masters Research: Reflections on a 20-Year Teaching Partnership between Maynooth University and the Irish Defence Forces

“…When encouraging students to move "beyond the surface, [they] often notice that no knowledge is value free." 19 In teaching, we actively avoid techniques of instruction focused on "mastering a limited range of technical skills largely divorced from the context in which those skills may be applied." 20 Instead we incorporate techniques such as 'experience sampling' 21 -dipping into learners' existing experiences to aid methodological understanding into our pedagogical practice.…”

Promoting Reflexivity in Masters Research: Reflections on a 20-Year Teaching Partnership between Maynooth University and the Irish Defence Forces

“…When encouraging students to move "beyond the surface, [they] often notice that no knowledge is value free." 19 In teaching, we actively avoid techniques of instruction focused on "mastering a limited range of technical skills largely divorced from the context in which those skills may be applied." 20 Instead we incorporate techniques such as 'experience sampling' 21 -dipping into learners' existing experiences to aid methodological understanding into our pedagogical practice.…”