Solidarity TV – reciprocal learning in action

Authors

  • Sarah Maclennan Faculty of Arts, Professional & Social Studies https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0278-0536
  • Billie Deen-Owen Faculty of Arts, Professional & Social Studies
  • Cameron Vale Faculty of Arts, Professional & Social Studies
  • Carolyn Jackson Faculty of Arts, Professional & Social Studies
  • Andy Nixon Faculty of Arts, Professional & Social Studies

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24377/studentexp1434

Abstract

This presentation will explore the aims, ambitions and impact of ‘Solidarity TV!’ – an outreach project piloted in Liverpool Screen School – which used the practice of reciprocal mentoring to create moments of understanding through the creation of a learning community between LJMU UG students and students from a global majority heritage who are currently studying in a local sixth form.

In doing so, we will explore how and in what ways Solidarity TV! created an educational opportunity for academics, UG students, school students and technicians to come together and learn from one another through lived experience, professional practice, the acquisition of practical knowledge (for example learning how to operate technical equipment) and creative pedagogy.

Alongside this, the paper will demonstrate how Solidarity TV! extended the view of a learning community as being situated within the university and addressed the power dynamics inherent in formal education. To conclude, we will illustrate how initiatives such as Solidarity TV! define learning as an ‘exchange of knowledge’ - with the technicians, UG students and school students all being viewed as equals and as experts within their areas.

Solidarity TV – reciprocal learning in action Powerpoint. Only LJMU staff and students have access to this resource.

Published

2023-06-30

Issue

2023: Students at the Heart Conference

Section

Presentations

License

Copyright (c) 2023 Sarah Maclennan, Billie Deen-Owen, Cameron Vale, Carolyn Jackson, Andy Nixon

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Authors retain copyright and grant the publication right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this publication.