Dr Anna Volkmer - The (core) academic skill of receiving feedback

Dr Anna Volkmer, narrates her blog written for Dementia Researcher.

Anna's blog explores the vital role of feedback in academic growth. Reflecting on her personal experiences with learning challenges, Volkmer underscores the importance of embracing feedback, despite its potential difficulty. She categorises feedback types and emphasises the necessity of using constructive criticism for personal and academic development, highlighting the emotional resilience needed to effectively process and apply feedback.

Find the original text, and narration here on our website.

https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-the-core-academic-skill-of-receiving-feedback/

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Dr Anna Volkmer is a Speech and Language Therapist and researcher in Language and Cognition, Department of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London. Anna is researching Speech and language therapy interventions in language led dementia and was once voted scariest speech and language therapist (even her children agree).

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