The Practice Based Enquiry (PBE) gives participants an opportunity to undertake a piece of small-scale, practitioner-based classroom research and thus to...

Practice-Based Enquiry on Teaching (Report) (CCME0109)

The Practice Based Enquiry (PBE) gives participants an opportunity to undertake a piece of small-scale, practitioner-based classroom research and thus to explore in depth a question that arise out of their school or classroom experience. At the heart of this module is a focus on practice and the benefits of using research to explore, reflect on and improve practice. The writing up of the research report (10,000 words) or dissertation (20,000 words) requires the completion of a substantial piece of work which is of value in itself, but also develops key academic skills (evidence-based research, critical literacy and analysis) and can thus be a foundation for a range of further study in education or cognate social sciences. sessions. This module consists of optional face-to-face sessions and online tasks. It also runs as a fully online module for distance learners.

Art and Design|Education|Material and Visual Culture

CONTEMPORARY ART|PRACTICES AND DISCOURSES IN DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL CONTEXTS

The module engages critically with what contemporary art is understood to be and the relation it has to education. It asks, where and by whom is contemporary...

Contemporary Art and Artists in Education (CCME0029)

The module engages critically with what contemporary art is understood to be and the relation it has to education. It asks, where and by whom is contemporary art is produced? How it is brought to public attention, interpreted and disseminated? Importantly it draws attention to the ways in which different forms of art making/practice are promoted and demoted across both museum and gallery education and within mainstream education in schools and colleges. In short, why do different ‘versions’ of art exist in different learning contexts? The module also questions the persistence of certain world views and their influence on maintaining a western orientation and how, through the work of artists and educators, this might be re-orientated.

Assessment takes the form of a 5,000 word assignment. Students not enrolled on the MA Art Education, Culture and Practice or the MA Museums and Galleries in Education programmes MUST contact the module tutor in the first instance before selecting on Portico.