Since creating my first draft of the Ethical action plan (in previous post) I’ve decided to continue my focus on developing inclusive learning resources in the stitch workshop, particularly with neurodiverse students in mind, however the tools I aim to create through this project will differ from the unit 2- Invention. For context, my idea […]
Name of practitioner-researcher: Beth Collins What is your project focus?Co-designing a technical sample library with neurodivergent students to create a more inclusive learning resource. What are you going to read about?– Transformative pedagogy- Social justice What action are you going to take in your teaching practice? Co-design of technical sample library resource with students. Who will be involved and […]
Given the statistic that approximately 15-20% of the worldwide population is neurodivergent (Doyle, 2020 in Le Cunff et al. 2023), along with the data from the UAL Equality, Diversity and Inclusion report from 2022/23, in which 15% of students declared a disability, I am keen to implement strategies to make the sample library inclusive for […]
BAME awarding gap According to the UAL Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Annual report 2021/22, The Attainment Gap for 2021/22, also known as The Awarding Gap, showed that “the gap between the highest attainment (White students) and the lowest attainment (Other students) was 19ppt, this decreased slightly from the previous year where it was 24ppt (between […]
In the UK, the educational calendar is catered towards the Christian Calendar, with timetabled breaks coinciding with events such as Easter and Christmas. According to the 2021 census, 46% of the UK population identified as Christian (Zayed, 2024), compared to only 9-15% of students studying at UAL, according to Student data from the 2022-2023 academic […]
‘Intersectionality’ was coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw in a 1989 essay focussing on the discrimination of Black Women. The term was introduced to address how “the interconnected nature of social categorisations such as race, class, and gender, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage”(Oxford Dictionary, 2023). In an interview with Paralympic medallist and presenter Ade […]
Diversifying the Stitch Sample Library Context: Currently, the variety of samples in the Stitch Workshop at Chelsea is being expanded. This resource is used in inductions and workshops to refer to and inspire students, as well as to access when creating independently. For the object-based learning micro teaching session in Unit 1, a variety of […]
We were asked to choose a piece of reading for Workshop 2. I chose: Damiani, Luca M (2018), ‘On the spectrum within art and design academic practice’, Spark: UAL Creative Teaching and Learning Journal, 3:1, pp. 16-25. I have recently been diagnosed with ADHD and was intrigued to hear another neurodivergent staff member’s perspective. Damiani […]
“Towards a vital pedagogy: Learning from anti-ableist practice in art education” details a methodological approach of using “storyboards as a graphic method for cripping the curriculum”. In this study, PGCE students were asked “to investigate taken for granted notions regarding ability that might be implicit in projects they had witnessed, designed or delivered”. (Penketh 2020) I […]
This blog post will further reflect on the feedback I received from an observation of my workshop on fabric manipulation, where I used the camera to demonstrate. Upon reflection, I decided to change my approach for the next workshop. During the observed workshop, there were issues with the camera streaming the demonstration. I inducted students […]