We’re excited to launch History in Practice – a new space to collectively share, reflect, and collaborate on all things related to history teaching in universities. We know that people are doing brilliant and innovative things with their teaching, and we want to offer an informal space in which the wider community can engage with each other and explore experiences of teaching history in UKHE.
Whether you’ve tried something a bit different in lectures or seminars, wrestled with challenges in assessments or engagement, experimented with digital tools, or simply have a story to tell about what’s worked (or what hasn’t!) in your teaching – we want to hear from you.
For some, this might work best as written posts. However, we are keen to bring together a wide range of resources for everyone to engage with – audio or video reflections, images, walkthroughs of approaches taken, recordings of conversations, lesson plans, etc.
We’d be keen to share contributions such as:
– Case studies of innovative or everyday teaching practice;
– Reflections on challenges and lessons learned;
– Creative approaches to curriculum design, assessment, or student engagement;
– Anything that helps us learn from each other as a community of practice!
While we’re certainly interested in the theoretical underpinnings of pedagogical approaches, this space is designed to be a more ‘relaxed’ opportunity to share and reflect on how we go about our teaching without the various requirements relating to formal publications. We hope that it will be used to openly share and collectively celebrate (sometimes commiserate!) about the various challenges and opportunities we face in teaching history.
So, please do get involved! Share your experiences, start a conversation, and help shape a stronger, more connected, and more supportive teaching culture across all our universities.
Please email Dr Simon Peplow (simon.peplow@warwick.ac.uk) and Dr Sarah Jones (sarah.jones@bristol.ac.uk) to discuss contributing something to History in Practice!