I have found the DWPI module to be incredibly insightful and illuminating, it has prompted me to question my teaching practice and the social constructs that operate on us. Bourdieu’s concept of ‘Cultural Capital’ has been particularly enlightening in the context of Art & Design education, especially his assertion that ‘the meanings and values of… Continue reading Participation in Activities
Category: PG Cert in Teaching & Learning
Live Project: Supporting Change
1. How do you plan to address issues around diversity through this course development? In order to address the issues around diversity I have looked at Part Three: Diversity Strategy 2010–2015 of the UAL Equality & Diversity Framework 2010–2015 that clearly states the UAL position and vision towards the diversity question: To recognise that diversity… Continue reading Live Project: Supporting Change
What is Widening Participation?
Chapter 1 of Inclusive Practices, Inclusive pedagogies: Learning from Widening Participation in Art and Design Higher Education by Bhagat and O’Neil (2011) has illustrated that this area is deeply complex. WP has emerged to address longstanding issues that are cultural, social and politically embedded realities, these require a radical critique to shift the perpetuating and… Continue reading What is Widening Participation?
The Purpose of Assessment
Broadfoot (1996) asserts that assessment can be understood through the interplay of the themes; competence, competition and control. Education is an apparatus of social control, to legitimise, reinforce and validate the prevailing political ideology and perpetuate status quo. It is a socialising tool operating as a filter: filtering individuals through assessment for assimilation into the… Continue reading The Purpose of Assessment
What does ‘Creativity’ mean to you, and in your discipline?
“When inspiration comes, may it find me working…” Pablo Picasso To me creativity is not a one off expression, or a flash of inspiration, nor a singular occurrence, but the product of an ongoing process of enquiry. Creativity is a discipline, a way of thinking, seeing and questioning the world, the foundations of which are… Continue reading What does ‘Creativity’ mean to you, and in your discipline?
Unit 02: TDP — Identify a problem and construct a research question
What problem, challenge or issue have you identified within your teaching practice that will form the basis for your Teaching Development Project? Throughout art and design education students are expected to communicate their ideas clearly. This discourse takes place in many situations; one to one tutorials, group tutorials, group crits and peer to peer. Equipping… Continue reading Unit 02: TDP — Identify a problem and construct a research question
Communities of Practice revisited
I first read Wenger’s Community of practice (2006) in October at the beginning of the PG Cert, as a result I am now aware of the various, and in many ways interconnected, communities of practices (CoPs) I have circled, been involved in and now part of. Herne’s Communities of practice in art and design and… Continue reading Communities of Practice revisited
Threshold Concepts
Threshold Concepts represents a transformation through learning. The process of learning shifts to a ‘process of becoming’; a student becomes literate / fluent within a system of knowledge or understanding. They are transformed by this access, dialogue and exposure to fundamental practises and principles specific to that system or discipline. Every discipline within art and… Continue reading Threshold Concepts
Constructive Alignment
Constructive alignment questions the effectiveness of the hierarchical model of learning and teaching; where a teacher imparts ‘knowledge’ onto a student who subsequently remembers it; by remembering it they ‘learn’ it. The means of assessing the effectiveness of this learning is through examination or essay. I see this as a ‘linear’ learning process, from A… Continue reading Constructive Alignment
Communities of Practice
1. How would describe the concept of Communities of Practice in three sentences? A community of practice is a collective of practitioners with a shared interest interacting regularly. The community acts as a catalyst for learning, either intentionally or incidentally. Members of the community transfer knowledge and experience of their practice through sharing resources, techniques,… Continue reading Communities of Practice