Dr. Merris Griffiths

Acknowledgements

By its very nature, this portfolio has involved and been influenced by a number of individuals over the last two years and I would like to acknowledge their appreciated contributions as follows:

The biggest ‘thank you’ of all must go to Bob Morris Jones, my mentor in the Education Department. I do not think that I could have sustained a level of critical reflection throughout if it were not for his enduring support, wise advice and thought-provoking comments. He has shaped my approaches to teaching in ways that even he may not realise, and numerous Aberystwyth cafes have reaped the benefits of our regular tea-fuelled discussions about students and strategies!

I would also like to thank those individuals who have taken the time to offer feedback on various aspects of the scheme. Firstly, thanks to Mark Whitehead and Tiffany Atkinson for their responses to my initial tHE essay, and to Mark (again!) for sitting in on numerous lectures and offering constructive criticism. Thanks also to the Education Department’s visiting scholar, Marian McKenna, for enthusiastically offering practical suggestions for alternative approaches to teaching. Finally, my students deserve a special mention, because the feedback I have received from them has truly kept me motivated, given me a great sense of pride and pleasure, plus an awful lot of job satisfaction!

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