Margaret Robson works in the Teacher Education Department of the Canberra Institute of Technology, in the Australian Capital Territory, and has been teaching the Certificate IV in Training and Assessment for a number of years.
In this interview Margaret talks about the concept of ‘finding your voice online’ within Belensky’s (1986) theoretical model of Women’s Ways of Knowing - The development of self, voice and mind. Margaret explains the relevance of this concept within the context of her diverse learners studying to teach in the vocational and technical education (VTE)sector and gives some specific strategies and examples that have worked for her in adopting the theory to ‘blended’ learning environments.
Reference
Belensky, M. F. et al. 1986, Women’s Ways of Knowing: The Development of Self, Voice, and Mind, Basic Books, New York.
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Hi all,
I’d love to hear about your thoughts, tips, strategies and insights about finding your voice online so please leave a message.
Cheers
Margaret
Hi Margaret,
I really enjoyed listening to your interview with Cathy - thank you for sharing your experiences!
I’ve pointed many a teacher to your article here - I think it’s a great way to get teachers thinking about the teacher presence online, with some ‘where to start ideas’.
I’m currently running a workshop on communicating and collaborating online and have found it a challenge to present ‘working examples’ of online communication, simply because it seems to need to happen then and there! I’ve been able to share my experiecnes, so I suppose it’s telling our stories about our efforts to communicate online?
What are your approaches to this?
Cheers, Marg :)