In exploring Developing creative pedagogic practice, we will explore the new ways of learning and teaching: what are the skills we need to be teaching students and how are we enabling and empowering the development of pedagogic practices to facilitate change now and in the future.
The seminar will consider:
- What are the new ways of learning?
- Are schools preparing our students for HE?
- What is an art school pedagogy?
- What is happening with learning and teaching and what are we preparing for?
We will hear from post-primary educators around the work they do to prepare young people for higher education and the context within which this preparation takes place.
We will consider how art and design HE institutions/schools can retain studio culture through flexible curricula. How do we ensure that curricula are informed and relevant to subject and professional needs given the speed of change and development in so many areas linked to the creative industries. We will consider the changing values and priorities in student populations, do our curricula align or even consider these
We will consider how, within this myriad of change, we empower and enable the development of pedagogies needed to facilitate such learning complexities. We will also explore unique art and design practices and debate whether studios and crits are still relevant and valid and what alternatives there are. How as leaders we facilitate and encourage new perspectives and practices in teaching.
Attendees will hear from committee members of GLAD and post-primary level educators, participate in break out discussions and reflect and share perspectives with peers.
Contributors include:
Louise O’Boyle
Associate Dean (Academic Quality & Student Experience)
Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Ulster University
Dr Danielle Barrios-O'Neill
Head of Programme, Information Experience Design
School of Communication, Royal College of Art
James Ward
Head of Cambridge School for Creative Industries
Anglia Ruskin University
Catherine Smith
Senior Educational Developer / Programme Director
PgCert / MA Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication
Teaching and Learning Exchange
University of the Arts London
