Abstract
Summary and take-aways
• The studies on using ‘Sage-on-the-stage’ or ‘Guide-on-the-side’ approaches in higher education have often championed one approach over the other.
• This essay discusses how merging the sage-guide approaches provides a better way to intentionally develop students’ skills.
• An autoethnographic account of the experiences of an academic who teaches in a computing subject is presented.
• The learning design which supports the mastery of the assessment task, along with the implementation of teacher-student collaborative activities, is described.
• Approaching the subject matter of the computing subject with genuine curiosity and embracing vulnerability, provided a space for reimagined teacher-student interactions.
• In the process of letting go of the ego, acceptance of individual’s perception of the world and the unique ways knowledge is acquired allowed the teacher-student interaction to evolve into something more meaningful.
• The studies on using ‘Sage-on-the-stage’ or ‘Guide-on-the-side’ approaches in higher education have often championed one approach over the other.
• This essay discusses how merging the sage-guide approaches provides a better way to intentionally develop students’ skills.
• An autoethnographic account of the experiences of an academic who teaches in a computing subject is presented.
• The learning design which supports the mastery of the assessment task, along with the implementation of teacher-student collaborative activities, is described.
• Approaching the subject matter of the computing subject with genuine curiosity and embracing vulnerability, provided a space for reimagined teacher-student interactions.
• In the process of letting go of the ego, acceptance of individual’s perception of the world and the unique ways knowledge is acquired allowed the teacher-student interaction to evolve into something more meaningful.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Reimagining Education |
| Subtitle of host publication | Stories of Hope |
| Editors | Sandra Abegglen, Tom Burns, Upsana Gitanjali Singh, Richard Heller, Rajan Madhok, John Sandars, Sandra Sinfield |
| Publisher | Open Book Publishers |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-80511-574-8, 978-1-80511-575-5 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-80511-571-7, 978-1-80511-572-4 |
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| Publication status | Accepted/In press - 2025 |