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Welcome to the pedagogic borderlands

Hill, Jennifer; West, Harry

Authors

Jenny Hill Jennifer.Hill@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor in Teaching and Learning

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Dr Harry West Harry.West@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Geography & Environmental Management



Abstract

This paper will invite you to let go of the familiar and to consider how learning spaces in higher education might be used creatively for pedagogic practice as ‘borderlands’. The borderland concept allows a re-conceptualisation of pedagogic spaces, identities and practices for staff and students. These spaces are novel, challenging and messy, but they can also be permissive and transformatory. Based on personal research of the presenters and using the example of Peer Assisted Learning, We will show that in borderland spaces students gain confidence in accepting agency in learning, moving towards critical thinking and reflective judgement. They acquire new knowledge, skills and facets to their identity, becoming mindful of their values and those of others. As such, there is a responsibility for staff to support inclusivity in borderland spaces and for institutions to evolve forward-looking policies and strategies that encourage and sustain engagement in these spaces of becoming.

Citation

Hill, J., & West, H. (2016, June). Welcome to the pedagogic borderlands. Paper presented at UWE Teaching & Learning Conference, UWE, Bristol

Presentation Conference Type Conference Paper (unpublished)
Conference Name UWE Teaching & Learning Conference
Conference Location UWE, Bristol
Start Date Jun 1, 2016
End Date Jun 1, 2016
Acceptance Date Jun 20, 2016
Publication Date Jun 20, 2016
Deposit Date Jul 10, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Keywords pedagogic borderlands
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/910832
Additional Information Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : UWE Teaching & Learning Conference