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The Library is divided in four main categories that you can explore starting from the Library Home page: 1) Student-Centred environment, 2) International and intercultural integration, 3) Emotional intelligence and 4) Staff and Students Wellbeing.

Filtering the pedagogies according to additional useful criteria

In addition to such categories, each pedagogy has been 'tagged' according to useful criteria that can allow you to further filter them so you can find the right type of inspiration. These filters are:

* Class-size (100, 30, etc.),

* Class level (First Year UG, PGT, etc.),

* Class type (online, seminar, lecture, etc.),

* Preparation time,

* Time during the term (preparation, start, middle, end) and

* Conditions to wellbeing promoted by the pedagogy.

In order to filter the pedagogies according to these additional criteria, please use the filter system on the right hand side of this page. For starting filtering, please make sure you first click on 'Select none'. Once you have done this, please select as many or as little tags as you wish (e.g. 10 Conditions to Wellbeing: Flexibility, Class Size: Large, Preparation Time: Short) and then click 'Show Selected'. The pedagogies that respond to the categories you have selected will come up as result of your search. For exploring all the relevant filtered pedagogies, click on the buttons 'Latest News, Older news, Newer news' at the bottom of the page.

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Reflective Journal

Wellbeing journaling empowers students to create their own proactive plans and techniques to manage their wellbeing through stressful periods at University and beyond. By identifying a module where students make regular records, and embedded wellbeing journaling into this record keeping it makes it natural for students to make wellbeing a regular part of their schedule and makes them accountable for taking action on it. Regular supervision helps with accountability and encouragement to act and reflect.



Negotiated Curriculum

A negotiated curriculum allows students to choose (within set parameters) the content of a module. By empowering students to choose topics that they find the most urgent, important, or interesting, the practice of a negotiated curriculum enhances student engagement, active learning, and inclusivity.


E-Portfolio

An e-portfolio is a digital collection of evidence and artefacts that represents the knowledge, skills, and accomplishments of an individual or group. There are different types of e-portfolios but in SMLC we use the ‘assessment portfolio’, where our students can reflect about their learning, achievements and challenges in their own time. Thus, it can be very beneficial in the promotion of metacognition. It can also include more specific tasks or group work projects. Another advantage of using these online platforms is that students can be creative and include audio-visual materials.


Staff Connections

Support for staff members across the university can come in many forms – such as line management, team meetings, support and advice from Human Resources, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), etc. However the support from colleagues is vitally important and can be extremely beneficial when either starting a new job/ role, during challenging times or in general. Subsequently the introduction of buddying systems can be beneficial in the development of staff members, the management of work, creating a support network and improving general wellbeing. Shadowing opportunities can also be beneficial and built into the buddying system and into inductions for new members of staff.




Group Work Allocation

In order to improve student inclusion in teamwork, student experience and learning from the outcomes associated with group work, and student access to help and support, team formation methods should be considered. This pedagogy advises the use of personality profiling, and consideration of student’s ‘minority status’ to form well-balanced teams.


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