Us AND Them - by Shawn Sobers
An enquiry into how Art educators negotiate popular approaches to student creativity - A Guide

CONTENTS:

Home - Essay Question and Outline

1. Introduction: The Art of Smoking
-Art today
-Art's growing family

2. Lecturers' Approaches
- On Individuality
- On Clichés
- On Commercialism

- On Criteria
- Summary

3. Students Challenging Tutors
4. Future Challenges
5. Conclusion

References
Bibliography
Self Evaluation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lecturers' Approaches

I asked four of my colleagues about their approaches and experiences when concerning student approach to work, and the issues that arise from varying student expectation and perception.

Click on the silhouette to read the edited interviews.

The "Summaries" link below, is a brief overview of the other key issues that arose from the interviews, and takes you through to the next section of this study.


On Individuality, Originality, Student approaches
(Fine Art - Further Education)

On Clichés and Challenges of Creativity (Media - Higher Education)

On Commercialism, Student Direction and Industry needs
(Graphic Design - Higher Education)

On Assessment Criteria and Importance of Process
(Further Education)

 

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