https://monoskop.org/images/1/17/Illich_Ivan_Deschooling_Society.pdf I wanted to explore a few alternative educational systems and experiments, that suggest an alternative model or practices to those of the mainstream western educational system. A colleague and friend recommended I look at the work of Ivan Illich in Deschooling Society. Illich wanted to separate education from schools. He called for the abolition… Continue reading Ivan Illich: Deschooling Society
A Case Study: The Anti-University of London
An interesting reference I came across relating to our discussions last week, is the Anti-University of London. It was a short-lived experiment in alternative radical education in the late 1960s. Founded by a group of activists and theorists including anti-psychiatry, psychiatrist, R.D Lang (anti-psychiatry) and cultural theorist Stuart Hall (representation). Both were critical of the… Continue reading A Case Study: The Anti-University of London
The Moral Problem of Grading: An Extended Analysis by John Danaher
https://philosophicaldisquisitions.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-moral-problem-of-grading-extended.html Reading Notes;The Morality of Grading: After much discussion about assessment models and graded assessment in the workshop last week, Tim shared this article with us. A question that I found myself asking at the end of the session, was; Who, or what is assessment for? Who or what is it serving? Particularly with regards… Continue reading The Moral Problem of Grading: An Extended Analysis by John Danaher
Object-Based Learning
Cross Programme Event: Object-based Learning in Art and Design2 Feb 2022 / Judy Willcocks, Head of Central Saint Martins Museum & Study Collection and Senior Research Fellow.Central Saint Martins Museum & Study Collection https://arts.ac.libguides.com/c.php?g=686452&p=4906489 https://sparkjournal.arts.ac.uk/index.php/spark/issue/view/9 OBL: A form of experiential learning involving the senses, including haptic (touch). My Thoughts, Reflections & Ideas:I really enjoyed hearing… Continue reading Object-Based Learning
Cohort seminar #1
TPP – Curriculum design & assessment, teaching strategies (24/26/28 Jan) “Learning outcomes and assessment criteria in art and design. What’s the recurring problem?”, by Allan Davies http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/projects/networks/issue-18-july-2012/learning-outcomes-and-assessment-criteria-in-art-and-design.-whats-the-recurring-problem ‘At the end of the report and by way of recommendation, the authors suggested ‘there is a widespread need to improve the definition of assessment criteria, to relate… Continue reading Cohort seminar #1
Observation Briefing
19 Jan 2022 Will be paired with another in my tutor group. Three < 60 min observations (Feb-March); 1 of me, by a peer1 by me, of a peer1 of me, by tutorSee forms OB1 & OB2 (6 forms required for submission) Reading //
Theories, Policies & Practices / Intro Workshop
14 Jan 2022. Tutorial Group Introductory Workshop My Introductory Presentation // Winston-Silk, Jacqueline. “Deaccessioning and reimagining: a novel approach to object-based learning.” (2019). https://sparkjournal.arts.ac.uk/index.php/spark/article/view/130 ________________________________________________________________ I am interested in object-based learning & how an object can be a vehicle for narrative. Speculative exercise of imagining a vision of the future using objects to think about… Continue reading Theories, Policies & Practices / Intro Workshop