This page contains all the work developed for the IP unit
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Kate Brooks – “Could do better?: Students’ critique of written feedback” – Reflection
This text was assigned for our final workshop session, and although I did not select this reading before class, following the discussion with my peers in the session and an unusually high level of complaints received from students after publishing some written feedback in one of the units I run, I thought it might be…
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Object-Based Learning – Reflection
Object-based learning is a key approach in teaching design history and theory. As a design historian, having done my PhD at the V&A, researching and teaching with objects, is a fundamental part of my everyday practice. However, while I often employ object-based learning, taking it somewhat for granted rather than considering it an ‘innovative’ pedagogy,…
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Micro-teach – 9 February 2024
Object-based teaching is at the core of Contextual and Theoretical Studies delivery in the Design School at LCC where I work. We use objects – whether physical ones or images – as a way of engaging undergraduate students in conversations around complex topics such as design canon, identity, media cultures, decolonisation, climate crisis, etc. In…