{"id":4871,"date":"2024-04-11T08:59:44","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T08:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/?p=4871"},"modified":"2024-04-11T09:12:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T09:12:25","slug":"reflecting-on-our-march-event-in-the-national-teaching-fellow-ntf-seminar-series-with-james-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/LTAcademy\/reflecting-on-our-march-event-in-the-national-teaching-fellow-ntf-seminar-series-with-james-field\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflecting on our March event in the National Teaching Fellow (NTF) seminar series with James Field"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by <\/span>Professor James Field<\/span><\/a>, Professor <\/span>of Restorative Dentistry and Dental Education<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and <\/span>Professor Emmajane Milton<\/span><\/a>, Professor in Educational Practice.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

We had another thought-provoking discussion based session on the 20<\/span> March 2024 in our <\/span>regular <\/span>National Teaching Fellowship (NTF)<\/span><\/a> networking and discussion series.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

James Field\u2019s session titled <\/span>“Excellence in teaching \u2013 what\u2019s it all about?<\/span>“<\/span> provided a stimulus for colleagues to consider their own career paths and how their interest and commitment to learning and teaching in Higher Education came about. James challenged us to think about the expectations we have of our students and crucially their expectations of us and how we can best <\/span>meet them where they are<\/span><\/i> whilst also having high expectations. We discussed scholarship and what that has meant for James in his career and the importance of carving out and taking ownership of how you contribute and the importance of recognising the vast array of what constitutes scholarship activity.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We asked James Field<\/strong> for his reflections too:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was great to talk to other colleagues from across the University to think about their own experiences and how we can build a shared community and commitment to educational practice and supporting students learning at Cardiff<\/span>.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Participants particularly liked the:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n