All Outputs (24)

Resisting resilience : disrupting discourses of self-efficacy (2018)
Journal Article
Webster, D. R., & Rivers, N. (2018). Resisting resilience : disrupting discourses of self-efficacy. Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 27(4), 523-535. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681366.2018.1534261

This paper addresses the turn towards discourses of resilience within Higher Education, and its shared conceptual space with notions of 'grit' or the promotion of a Growth Mindset. Of particular concern is how these discourses reinforce simplistic co... Read More about Resisting resilience : disrupting discourses of self-efficacy.

What is Academic Challenge? Vulnerability, Resilience, Grit, Stretch, Toughness and Conceptualising the Student Experience (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Webster, D. R., & O'Leary, R. (2017, November). What is Academic Challenge? Vulnerability, Resilience, Grit, Stretch, Toughness and Conceptualising the Student Experience. Paper presented at 10th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI2017), Seville

Recent focus on the student experience in Higher Education in the UK has moved away from student satisfaction towards student engagement, including the notion of ensuring students are intellectually stimulated and challenged in their learning. Simult... Read More about What is Academic Challenge? Vulnerability, Resilience, Grit, Stretch, Toughness and Conceptualising the Student Experience.

People of the croft: visualising land, heritage and identity (2016)
Journal Article
Robertson, I. J., & Webster, D. R. (2016). People of the croft: visualising land, heritage and identity. cultural geographies, 24(2), 311-318. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474474016659235

This short photographic essay emerges from the recognition that identity, landscapes and heritage landscapes in particular are rarely configured and conceptualised wholly linguistically. An affective and emotional charge can involve visual and tactil... Read More about People of the croft: visualising land, heritage and identity.

Audio/Grid Feedback: finding the right blend (2015)
Other
Webster, D. R. Audio/Grid Feedback: finding the right blend

A blended approach to assessment using voice recording to address the student personally alongside the application of traditional grid-based criteria, achieving a qualitative and holistic evaluation whilst preserving the transparency of a clear ratio... Read More about Audio/Grid Feedback: finding the right blend.

In Cordoba with Dr Roy Jackson (2015)
Other
Webster, D. R. (2015). In Cordoba with Dr Roy Jackson

Dr David Webster from the Religion, Philosophy & Ethics team at the University of Gloucestershire asks his colleague Dr Roy Jackson - why are you in Cordoba? March 16, 2015 In the footsteps.. Talking to Dr Roy Jackson in Cordoba.. Ignoring the slight... Read More about In Cordoba with Dr Roy Jackson.

Resilience and Melancholy (2015)
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Webster, D. R. (2015). Resilience and Melancholy

This is a conversation with Dr Robin James about her new book Resilience & Melancholy: pop music, feminism, and neoliberalism.

Electronic Dance Music, Neo-Liberalism and Philosophy (2015)
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Webster, D. R. (2015). Electronic Dance Music, Neo-Liberalism and Philosophy

Dr Dave Webster talking with Dr Robin James about EDM, philosophy & more.. - We even touch on Atari Teenage Riot. Robin James is Associate Professor of Philosophy at UNC Charlotte. She is author of two books: Resilience & Melancholy: pop music, femin... Read More about Electronic Dance Music, Neo-Liberalism and Philosophy.

Psychedelic Drugs and Mystical Experience: an Interview (2014)
Other
Webster, D. R. (2014). Psychedelic Drugs and Mystical Experience: an Interview

Dr David Webster from the Religion, Philosophy & Ethics team at the University of Gloucestershire asks CJ Romer about Psychedelic Drugs and Mystical Experience. Dave says ?We reminisce about the 1980/90s, and end up with a longer-than-planned convers... Read More about Psychedelic Drugs and Mystical Experience: an Interview.

Paganism in daily life? (2014)
Other
Webster, D. R. (2014). Paganism in daily life?

This video is about the impact on one's life of Paganism.

Indigo Children (2014)
Other
Webster, D. R. (2014). Indigo Children

Dr David Webster from the Religion, Philosophy & Ethics team at the University of Gloucestershire asks Beth Singler about her work on Indigo Children.

Talking about religion and fandom: from Jedi and Vampires to Game of Thrones (2014)
Other
Webster, D. R. (2014). Talking about religion and fandom: from Jedi and Vampires to Game of Thrones

In this short video, Dr David Webster asks Cambridge PhD student Beth Singler about her interest in Religion and fandom, popular culture, and the idea of consciously 'made up' religions.

Who is the Audience for Contemporary Spiritism? (2014)
Other
Webster, D. R. (2014). Who is the Audience for Contemporary Spiritism?

In this video Dr Dave Webster interviews Sara Duppils about contemporary spiritism. He asks whether those who are interested are members of a dedicated sub-culture, or are from broader social spectrum.

Social Media, Educational Engagement and Ethical Boundaries (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Webster, D. R. (2013, January). Social Media, Educational Engagement and Ethical Boundaries. Paper presented at 6th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, Seville

Education has embraced social media. We tweet back and forth with our students. We tweet from field trips. We tweet for the eyes of potential students. We have facebook groups for our courses. We tag each other, have tumblr collections from student e... Read More about Social Media, Educational Engagement and Ethical Boundaries.

Dispirited: How Contemporary Spirituality Makes Us Stupid, Selfish and Unhappy (2012)
Book
Webster, D. R. (2012). Dispirited: How Contemporary Spirituality Makes Us Stupid, Selfish and Unhappy. Zero

Death and Religion (2008)
Book Chapter
Webster, D. R. (2008). Death and Religion. In S. Earle, C. Komaromy, & C. Bartholomew (Eds.), Death and Dying : A Reader (42-47). SAGE Publications

A View from the Crossroads : a dialogue (2008)
Journal Article
Webster, D. R. (2008). A View from the Crossroads : a dialogue. Buddhist Studies Review, 25(1), https://doi.org/10.1558/bsrv.v25i1.106

A dialogue, somewhat in the spirit of Samuel Becket’s Waiting for Godot, exploring early Buddhist attitudes to views, especially as in the Māgandiya-sutta of the Sutta-nipāta (vv.835-847). Is the aim to have right view, or go beyond views; or is righ... Read More about A View from the Crossroads : a dialogue.

Buddhist Approaches : not 'what' but 'how'? (2008)
Book Chapter
Webster, D. R. (2008). Buddhist Approaches : not 'what' but 'how'?. In D. Cheetham, & R. King (Eds.), Contemporary Practice and Method in the Philosophy of Religion (87-100). Continuum

Among contemporary Anglo-American philosophers and students there is a growing awareness of the need to engage more both with philosophical perspectives of other faith traditions and also the distinctive 'continental' tradition of philosophy. This im... Read More about Buddhist Approaches : not 'what' but 'how'?.

A Year in the Blogosphere: Case Study (2008)
Journal Article
Webster, D. R. (2008). A Year in the Blogosphere: Case Study. Learning and teaching in higher education, 86-88

Case study

Even Philosophers Get the Blues (2007)
Book Chapter
Webster, D. R. (2007). Even Philosophers Get the Blues. In N. A. Wynn (Ed.), Cross the Water Blues African American Music in Europe (39-50). University Press of Mississippi

Essays analyzing the impact of African American music and its European reverberations

The Weary Buddha Or Why the Buddha Nearly Couldn't Be Bothered (2005)
Journal Article
Webster, D. R. (2005). The Weary Buddha Or Why the Buddha Nearly Couldn't Be Bothered. Buddhist Studies Review, 22(1), 15-25. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsrv.v22i1.14057