Author Archives: Sonali Misra

I’ve attached the presentation slide deck in this blog post as a PDF. I created it on Canva, so the link can be found here. And the PDF file is here:

This is a reference list of all works referred to and cited through the ARP Unit process: Allen, A (2022) ‘An Introduction to Constructivism: Its Theoretical Roots and Impact on Contemporary Education’, Journal of Learning Design and Leadership, 1(1). Available … Continue reading →

Challenges Through the ARP, I faced logistical challenges at work and some personal challenges, both of which were unfortunately out of my control and hindered my progress. For the former, I faced an issue of low attendance in the Creative … Continue reading →

Data Collection and Analysis Process I conducted qualitative analysis on the focus group I conducted for my project. In the Appendix of this post, I have shared the transcript of the focus group, with the student names anonymised for ethical … Continue reading →

Author of Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples (1999) Linda T Smith states that ‘methods are not neutral’ (2021). Thus, the research method I chose had to be in spirit of the ‘social / climate / racial justice‘ (ARP Unit Brief) aim of … Continue reading →

It took me a tutorial with Carys to understand that what we are assessing in the ARP Unit is the efficacy of our intervention, instead of the intervention itself. Once I understood this, I played around with a few different … Continue reading →

My Action Research Project is titled ‘Testing the Efficacy of Student Self-Assessments in Learning Journeys’. This project tests the efficacy of a Teaching and Learning project I piloted in 2024 in a unit I teach to BA 2nd years on … Continue reading →

ETHICAL ACTION PLAN I shared the Ethical Action Plan with my tutor Carys Kennedy in October and redrafted it through a few rounds of comments and checks, with her approval on 12 November 2025 on the proviso that I take … Continue reading →

Introduction This report focuses on the Intervention I carried out around decolonising knowledge, literature and publishing for MA Publishing students at LCC in May 2025. The Intervention is born out of my positionality (Bayeck 2022) of being an Indian woman … Continue reading →

Bradbury (2020) engages with the obstacles bilingual students face by applying Critical Race Theory (CRT) to education policy. Bradbury states that ‘policy is a tool for the continuation of white dominance, not a neutral bystander’ (2020, p 244). Bradbury emphasises … Continue reading →