Hollie was presented with the Social Sciences Seminar Leader Teaching prize on Wednesday 3rd<\/sup> October at the Learning and Teaching Forum by Faculty Dean Professor John Wightman. Hollie was inspired to apply for the Seminar Leader Teaching Prize based on the praise she received for the creative pedagogy she designed and practiced during her post as Assistant Lecturer on the\u00a0Introduction to Political Thought<\/a> module and was extremely grateful for all the support she received from her peers \u201cI was thankful to have a generous and supportive module convenor in Dr. Ben Turner, who\u00a0allowed me the space to structure my own seminar plans and to develop my own teaching style. I was also grateful to have supportive and empowering friends in my fellow seminar leader, Conor Heaney, and my\u00a0<\/em>Feminist Reading Group\u00a0<\/em>co-organiser, Stavroula Soukara. I would also like to say thanks to my\u00a0Tate and MOOC\u00a0convenors, Dr. Stefan Rossbach and Dr. Iain MacKenzie, who encouraged me to\u00a0explore and implement new forms of teaching and learning as the lead artist in the Tate Exchange associate team\u00a0<\/em>MA in Politics, Art and Resistance\u00a0<\/em>(2017)<\/em>,\u00a0<\/em>and online facilitator in the MOOC\u00a0<\/em>Politics, Art and Resistance\u00a0<\/em>(2018). During these\u00a0creative ventures,\u00a0I learnt how\u00a0socially engaged art can be used to interrogate political issues and create new knowledge and brought these aspects into my own teaching. And lastly, I would like to say a massive thank you to all the students I taught last year who brought their different perspectives and thirst for learning to the classroom each and every seminar, and who were open\u00a0to my\u00a0creative approach to teaching\u00a0\u2013 they made the module a joy to teach!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Hollie was delighted upon winning the prize and receiving recognition for her creative and feminist approach to teaching, \u201cthe feedback I received from the panel that commended my engagement with students by\u00a0providing \u2018memorable\u2019 and \u2018fun & informative\u2019 seminars\u00a0and for bringing my own research into teaching, confirmed that employing artistic methods and feminist perspectives within a political theory classroom is a successful and valuable approach to teaching and learning political thought. By constructing the learning process as a creative experience,\u00a0my playful pedagogical style\u00a0supported the participation of each student, including students with different learning needs, enabled the groups to approach difficult political issues in an open-minded manner, and\u00a0encouraged\u00a0an atmosphere that was accessible, engaging and fun.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n When asked about the innovative teaching methods Hollie used in the module she said, \u201cBy creating a range of innovative learning activities, I was able to stick to the module outline but create a different learning environment that enabled my students to ground the political concepts through experience.\u201d<\/em> By merging simple art activities with political theory, Hollie created the first series of\u00a0games\u00a0<\/em>to be used on the Introduction to Political Thought<\/a> module. To see examples of how Hollie merged simple art activities with political theory to create educational\u00a0games, take a look at her teaching blog<\/a> she kept during her post as Assistant Lecturer on the\u00a0module\u00a0Introduction to Political Thought<\/a>. <\/em>The blog<\/a> provided<\/em> access for Hollie\u2019s students as well as making her activities available to others.<\/p>\n We are very proud of Hollie\u2019s success and congratulate her on this fantastic achievement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/files\/2018\/10\/IMG_8708-300x261.jpg\")
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