{"id":982,"date":"2023-10-06T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/calstudentresearch\/?p=982"},"modified":"2023-10-06T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T09:30:00","slug":"imagining-learning-by-tanshpreet-kaur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/calstudentresearch\/2023\/10\/06\/imagining-learning-by-tanshpreet-kaur\/","title":{"rendered":"Imagining Learning – by Tanshpreet Kaur"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My name is Tanshpreet Kaur and I am studying Liberal Arts and Natural Sciences focusing on Biology and Physics. I am interested in education and learning accessibility, therefore I applied for the Collaborative Research Internship (CRI), which gave me the opportunity to work on Dr Rex Ferguson’s CRI project “Imagining Learning.” I was a first year when I did this CRI internship, so I recommend it to other first years because it is never too early to get experience!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The internship<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n

My internship involved a lot of independent research from books about the theories, philosophies and practices of effective learning methods. I read them and made detailed notes which I sent to my project coordinator when finished. I really enjoyed the CRI because my project was flexible and a great learning experience. I liked working on my own and also being able to email my project coordinator if needed.<\/p>\n

It involved reading and analysing a selection of books from the university library to develop a deeper understanding of learning itself. I discovered theories like constructivism, the Montessori Method and self-regulation in addition to classroom practices such as inclusive learning and social\/emotional techniques. They discussed major issues in learning such as inequality of access and lack of accessibility as well.<\/p>\n

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Everyone deserves a good education and a good starting point for an accomplished life, but not everyone gets this. My research focused on real and practical ways educators, administrators, funders and learners can create a learning environment in which all learners are assisted in becoming independent, resilient and cooperative. I elaborated this from different perspectives like pedagogy, psychology, sociology and biology because all of the books agreed on the importance of a holistic approach to learning itself and to explaining how we can learn best.<\/p>\n

I got a lot out of this internship. I developed my confidence and network at the brilliant launch event we had and my actual project has been a great learning experience. I have developed better ways of organising my reading and structuring my work so that I can do the best I can in less time. This is crucial when you have plenty of research to do!<\/p>\n

My experience of the CRI was quite different from what I expected because I thought I would be working on campus with my project coordinator all of the time. Instead, my project allowed me to decide my own working hours and I was able to work from wherever I wanted. So, research is very diverse, and it can be flexible depending on the project you are working on. I was also unsure of the exact work I would be doing when I first applied to this internship, but I got a much better idea of it after speaking to my project coordinator, so good communication is key.<\/p>\n

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Lastly, if there is a project that interests you, just apply!!! Write about any relevant interests and experience that you have (I spoke about volunteering with a coaching charity because I have developed an interest in education and equal learning opportunities thanks to it) and how they link to the project(s) you want to apply to. I didn\u2019t think I would get this internship, but I did, so don\u2019t overthink it!<\/p>\n

Tanshpreet Kaur, BA\/BSc Liberal Arts + Sciences<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My name is Tanshpreet Kaur and I am studying Liberal Arts and Natural Sciences focusing on Biology and Physics. I am interested in education and learning accessibility, therefore I applied for the Collaborative Research Internship (CRI), which gave me the opportunity to work on Dr Rex Ferguson’s CRI project “Imagining Learning.” I was a first … Continue reading “Imagining Learning – by Tanshpreet Kaur”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2163,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/calstudentresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/calstudentresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/calstudentresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/calstudentresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2163"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/calstudentresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=982"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/calstudentresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1412,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/calstudentresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982\/revisions\/1412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/calstudentresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/calstudentresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/calstudentresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}