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

 

 

 

 

 

RESEARCH QUESTION AND OUTLINE

Question:
Why do many modern Art, Media & Design education courses have problems with accepting certain* types of work as viable project outcomes from their students?

This work has been presented as a website using text & images to make its arguement instead of a traditional essay on paper, to keep with the theme, message and approach of the research study: how tutors relate to challenging approaches of student work.
1.

Outline:
This essay will explore this common dilemma across the disciplines of Illustration, Fine Art, 3D, Fashion & Textiles, Media and Graphic Design; citing case studies from lecturers as a useful guide for educators and students alike.

* - work such as cartoons, fantasy art, clubwear, illustrations of cars, shoot em' ups, lifelike paintings of tigers, Still Life of bowls of fruit, music videos, graffiti, ashtrays, advertising and brown pots, to name just a few.


Next>>