Ep57: Dr Trudy Ambler and Dr Puspha Sinnayah, Teachers and Educational Researchers

Today my guests are Trudy Ambler and Puspha Sinnayah, both Teachers and Educational Researchers. In this episode, Trudy and Puspha reflect on their earlier studies and teaching experiences, leading up to their more recent research activities. We chat about their latest article ‘Reviewing the literature: Collaborative professional learning for academics in higher education’. We explore the value of scrutinising the existing research and literature alongside the practice of peer observation and learning circles, with both elements working in tandem. Trudy and Puspha outline the use of informal feedback within various activities as part of a continual process of learning. Approaches like observing colleagues, mentoring, follow-up discussions within small groups of peers, communities of practice within departments and faculties, and various other strategies that they are embedded into everyday practice that can be used by teachers and academics in universities as well as in other educational sectors. Underpinned by the academic literature, these models move away from a formal judgement, review, and evaluation of one’s teaching process. Instead, they provide teachers an opportunity to share and critique ideas and to learn from each other in order to, in turn, support their own students’ learning. Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trudy-ambler-56a302115/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/puspha-sinnayah-09636356/ ‘Reviewing the literature: Collaborative professional learning for academics in higher education’ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14703297.2023.2227614