Teaching
As a part-time lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, I work with a team of lecturers to teach undergraduate and postgraduate students. I have been trained in the SCALE-UP teaching method, where SCALE-UP stands for “Student Centered Active Learning Environment - Upside down Pedagogy”, which involves the active participation of students through self-learning exercises and assessments. Using this teaching methodology, I have taught the following modules:
Undergraduate modules
CCMT20201: Experimental Design and Statistics
A second-year undergraduate module taught to students from various courses ranging from horticulture to wildlife conservation. In this module, students gain expertise in research methodology, hypothesis testing, statistical analysis, and data presentation by working with real-world datasets and sharing the results with industry stakeholders.
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A comparison by J. Lane examining differences in bee abundance between traditional and intensive orchards using real-world data (click to enlarge image).
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CCMT30417: Dissertation
A final-year undergraduate module taught to students from various courses ranging from horticulture to wildlife conservation. In this module, students utilise acquired practical and research abilities to steer the direction of their degree by engaging in capstone projects.
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Student dissertation by R. Griffiths examining coral abundance in a marine protected area (Tela) and an area under significant anthropogenic disturbance (Utila) in Honduras (click to enlarge image).
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CCMT30332: Marine and Freshwater Ecology
This module is taught to final-year BSc Ecology and Conservation students. In this module, students examine the dynamic biological, physical, and chemical characteristics of marine and freshwater ecosystems, with a focus on exploring the interconnectivity within and between these systems.
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An excerpt from community ecology data analysis lecture. Students collected physicochemical and macroinvertebrate data to investigate the efficacy of a mine water treatment scheme in Nottinghamshire, UK (click to enlarge image).
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Postgraduate modules
ARES4001: Research Methods & Data Analysis R
This master's module is taught to students from various courses ranging from species recovery to equine sciences. In this module, students will acquire advanced competencies in the analysis of quantitative and qualitative research data that are pertinent to whole-organism biology, and foster a discerning comprehension of the ethical considerations involved in data collection.
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An excerpt from a data analysis lecture for postgraduate students (click to enlarge image).
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Field courses (supervisory staff member)
CCMT20121: Applied Habitat Management
A second-year undergraduate module taught to BSc Ecology and Conservation, and BSc Wildlife Conservation students. In this field course, students gain knowledge about the ecology and habitat conservation of several crucial UK habitats through on-site assessments.
CCMT30413: Conservation Ecology
A final-year undergraduate module taught to BSc Wildlife Conservation students. In this module, students gain an understanding of how ecological theories can be utilized to conserve terrestrial, freshwater, marine, and transitional environments.