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Tell Us About It. Diverse Student Voices in Creative Learning in Practice Terry Finnigan University of the A rts London. Student Voices in Art and Design. Find out more about the student project Experience some examples of the students work Feedback thoughts and key points

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  1. Tell Us About It Diverse Student Voices in Creative Learning in Practice Terry Finnigan University of the Arts London

  2. Student Voices in Art and Design • Find out more about the student project • Experience some examples of the students work • Feedback thoughts and key points • Consider how this student work can be a catalyst for change within the institution

  3. Students from diverse backgrounds • High achieving students • Variety of diverse backgrounds • Focus on the overall learning experience

  4. Co-creation ‘Hearing each other’s voices we all grow’ (Frederick and James 2007)

  5. Reflections on learning • What helped you learn? • What were the challenges you faced and how did you overcome them? • Can you share any tips or strategies for new students?

  6. What helped you learn? • Staff encouragement to explore identity through the work • Taking risks and experimenting • Working across subject areas • Working in collaboration with others • Individual determination

  7. Not another report…. • Exhibitions • Staff and student workshops • University website: Common place • Archive: pedagogic research base

  8. Visual and tactile experience • Triggers discussions around difference and identity • Encourages staff to reflect on their pedagogy • Produces dialogues on the mutability of meaning

  9. Co-creating change Student voice projects are about challenging the academy to allow active participation from a wide range of communities and individuals who will help to redefine the parameters of higher education itself Stuart 2000

  10. Institutional change and the archive • Race ethnicity degree attainment task group • Common Place pre-entry website • Diversity module on PG Cert at CLTAD • Shades of Noir website

  11. Your Wise Words • Have a look at the mini exhibition of the student work around the room • Choose one piece and in pairs discuss it and reflect on what it says and how it has been produced • Feedback to the group

  12. References • Stuart,M. (2000)Beyond Rhetoric: Reclaiming a Radical Agenda for Active Participation in Higher Education. Thomson Ed. Stretching the Academy: The politics and Practice of Widening Participation in Higher Education. Leicester. NIACE • Frederick, P. and James, M. (2007) Heritage Rocks: Principles and best practices of effective intercultural teaching and learning in D. Robertson and L. Nilson(eds) To improve the Academy. Mass: Anchor Publishing • Tell Us About It: http://www.arts.ac.uk/clipcetl-tellusaboutitpublication.htm Accessed on 28/11/11 • Finnigan T. (2009) Tell Us About It: Diverse student voices in creative practice. ADCHE 8(2) pp. 135-150

  13. References • http://commonplace.arts.ac.uk/ • http://www.arts.ac.uk/cltad/shadesofnoir/ • http://issuu.com/obiecampbell/docs/tellusabout_obiecampbell

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