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A dog in the classroom acts on instinct, emphasising the value of interactions and thought processes which are not linear. Not all teaching and impact can be measured in a structured way. Deleuze and Guattari’s Body Without Organs and Rhizome theories help to contextualise this way of learning and thinking. Language can be binary but… Continue reading Non-Human Learning and Interconnection

Social Justice ‘explicitly recognizes the disparities in societal opportunities, resources, and long-term outcomes among marginalized groups’. ‘A pedagogy of social justice education: social identity, theory and intersectionality’, Hahn Tapper (2013). Freire posits education creates the opportunity for freedom, both intellectual and physical, insisting this is the primary pedagogical goal of all educational activities, stressing teachers should design… Continue reading Social Justice and Wellbeing

I could show students a video about Animal Assisted Education or share a text with them and then ask them: Research Strategy 1. What might be good about a dog tutorial? If we had dog tutorials in the studios would it change the studio space?  Would having a dog tutorial be beneficial to your sense… Continue reading New Research Strategy?

Pets As Therapy can no longer offer the January tutorials I had hoped for, they are now suggesting late February early March may be available. This is a problem for me as it means I will miss my 25th of January hand-in. I’m not sure how to evidence my findings without conducting dog tutorials. I… Continue reading A brick wall

Maggie O’Neill   &  Phil Hubbard In this article the researchers O’Neill and Hubbard propose walking can be a practice combined with ethnographic biographical forms of doing research  ‘Ethno – Mimesis’. Working specifically with refugees the researchers propose that walking can help participants articulate the sense of being home away from home while simultaneously producing knowledge about… Continue reading Walking, sensing, belonging: ethno-mimesis as performative praxis

Informing a sense of validation and comfort which can be built on to take risks, do things outside of your comfort zone or what you might expect from yourself. I was particularly interested in the phrase ‘Being is about becoming’ instilling the ideas that by having a strong sense of belonging you are able to… Continue reading Navigating with the birds: Belonging – Vikki Hill with Dr Gurnam Singh

https://brenebrown.com/podcast/the-anatomy-of-trust/ Brene Brown reflects on the ingredients of trust. The opportunities to build trust are small moments.  BRAVING =  B Boundaries, be clear about your boundaries and respect mine,  R Reliability, I can trust you if you follow through on what you say. Over and over again.1 A Accountability, when you make a mistake own it, apologies and… Continue reading The Anatomy of Trust, Brene Brown. 2021. Podcast. 

Dog Handler After today’s tutorial I was left thinking about the role of the dog handler within the dog tutorial sessions. After contacting the Pets As Therapy (PAT) charity they informed me that the dog handler would need to be present during the tutorials. This dynamic I had not accounted for in my initial proposal.… Continue reading Group Tutorial 7/12/22

I was listening to the Blindboy Podcast (episode 273 Analysing a 9th century Irish poem about a white cat).  In this podcast Blindboy spoke about the Reichnenau Primer, a book written by Irish monks in Germany in 9th century. In the margins there are poems written by the monks in old Irish. Whilst the monk was alone… Continue reading Pangur Ban, Find meaning and purpose in what you do

I had been feeling stuck with my ARP but left this group tutorial with more direction, focus and felt a renewed sense of excitement.  DirectionI need to develop more framework around the shape and purpose of the dog tutorial for example I have to be clear that I’m not working from a therapeutic model and… Continue reading Group Tutorial 09/11/2022