Author: Rachel Kirk

Session 2: Intersectionality

https://www.history.com/news/brown-v-board-of-education-doll-experiment In relation to the term ‘whiteness’ Aisha suggested we research the ‘white doll, black doll experiment’. ‘we are born into whiteness’ (Montana Williamson) if whiteness is the dominant culture. Shades of Noir: Queer Bodieshttps://issuu.com/shadesofnoir/docs/queer_bodies_online/20?ff ‘Gender is complicated, but respect is simple’ ‘Staff Moving On’ Shades of Noir interview transcript: https://shadesofnoir.org.uk/journals/content/staff-moving-on Feminism & the challenge… Continue reading Session 2: Intersectionality

Blog Task 1: Disability

Christine Sun Kim I found this film fascinating. Experiencing sound visually and for Christine to reclaim sounds as she experiences it. It very much highlighted for me the hegemony of perceived experience that prevails. I love the experimental nature of her practice and this is something I encourage students to embrace, make, try and do.… Continue reading Blog Task 1: Disability

Understanding Student Learning (Fry, Ketteridge and Marshall 2009)

Fry, H., Ketteridge, S., & Marshall, S. (2009). A Handbook for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: Enhancing Academic Practice (3rd ed.). London: Routledge. Below, I’ve made notes and personal reflections on some of the key teaching and learning theories and concepts outlined in this chapter. Constructivist learning theory. (Piaget 1950) We fit new knowledge… Continue reading Understanding Student Learning (Fry, Ketteridge and Marshall 2009)

Perception, Interpretation, Impact: – An examination of the learning value of formative feedback to students through the design studio critique (Blair, 2006)

Blair, B. (2006), Perception, Interpretation, Impact – An Examination of the Learning Value of Formative Feedback to Students through the Design Studio Critique, EdD Thesis, Institute of Education, University of London. Blair’s EdD thesis focused on the formative verbal feedback given to students in undergraduate crits and the learning that resulted. I read at this… Continue reading Perception, Interpretation, Impact: – An examination of the learning value of formative feedback to students through the design studio critique (Blair, 2006)

Programme Event: Data Stories and Epistemic Donuts

Cross Programme Event, led by the Academic Enhancement Model Teamhttps://www.arts.ac.uk/about-ual/teaching-and-learning-exchange/aem-and-attainment  UAL Data Dash Boards (a resource for us, which might be useful when planning my research project) Guide: how to use the Active Dashboards: https://prezi.com/i/view/DjkYTySVislG49iXr6Gi We discussed some of the positives and negative aspects of collecting and analysing data. Data is a useful empirical tool, providing… Continue reading Programme Event: Data Stories and Epistemic Donuts

Reading: Key aspects of teaching and learning in the visual arts

Shreeve, A, Wareing, S & Drew, L 2008, Key Aspects of Teaching and Learning in the Visual Arts. in H Fry, S Ketteridge & S Marshall (eds), A Handbook for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Enhancing Academic Practice . 3rd edn, Routledge.  Notes & Reflections: The following ‘educational traditions’ as they are referred to in this chapter are… Continue reading Reading: Key aspects of teaching and learning in the visual arts

My Micro-Teaching

Planning  I found it quite hard to settle on a micro-teaching idea. I considered three initial ideas;  1. A session focused on decoding advertising, by analysing visual language and semiotics. The main learning outcome aligned to the key principles of semiotics as discussed by Roland Barthes in The Rhetoric of the Image (1964). Also highlighting the… Continue reading My Micro-Teaching

Material Culture

Reading / notes in preparation for my 20 minute ‘microteaching’ Material culture is rooted in sociology and anthropology. Jules Prown / Mind in Matter ‘Material culture is the study through artifacts, of the beliefs, values, ideas, attitudes, and assumptions of a particular community or society, at a particular time’. Prown, J. D. (1982). Mind in… Continue reading Material Culture