Learning & Teaching Festival

Keynote Speaker

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Dr Jillian Terry

Associate Professor (Education), London School of Economics and Political Science

Dr Jillian Terry is Associate Professor (Education) and Co-Director of LSE100, the sector-leading flagship interdisciplinary course taken by all undergraduate students at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Trained as an International Relations scholar, Jillian’s research foregrounds feminist ethical perspectives on violence and focuses on the role of new technologies in war and surveillance. She also works on scholarship of teaching and learning, with research interests in interdisciplinary education and inclusive pedagogies.

Title of keynote – Interdisciplinarity in Meta-Learning

Summary – This talk will share the benefits of interdisciplinary approaches for critical thinking, problem-solving, and meta-cognition, and will offer a range of strategies for embedding interdisciplinarity into teaching and learning.