Curriculum Introduction

 

This curriculum is designed around experiential teaching; it will provide active methods on designing, realization and establishing study activity to the participants. The core content of the course is creative education and integrate with innovative concept. During the course we will conduct profound discussion on series study environment and explore vast space for creativity study.

This creative teaching integrates with arts, design, media, performance and other kind of practice; and takes product design, learning by practice, visual communication and studio study as its teaching principles. These teaching principles laid solid foundation for transformative experience and immersive experience.

We will arrange daily “study activity”. Teaching approaches and methods will be taught at each activity and participants could use and improve relevant teaching methods. Mentor panel will provide opportunities for participants to learn by his or her self and to learn from each other, and prepare them ability to conduct innovative correlation across different disciplines in an extemporaneous way.

 

Training Objective

 

This course will last for two weeks and is aiming at offer an opportunity for teachers to experience the pedagogics theory and practice that can arouse student’s interest and foster their creativity. It will enable our teachers to try various kinds of favorable pedagogic theories for creative disciplines to apply pedagogic theories in their own teaching and learning environment：
To experience teaching and studying through creative practice;
And to develop resource kit of techniques to support their creative educational practice.

Training Theme

Art for communication
Socratic Method
Overcome obstacle---effective communication
Pedagogic expression skill
Non-linguistic communication

Pedagogic design
Student-oriented pedagogic design
Design a study activity
Course connection
Study style and metacognition strategy, etc.

Experiential study
Problem-based learning
Experiential study circle
Job-related study
Game creativity concept

Assess and feedback

Set assessment standard
different types of assessment
from feedback to feed forward
negotiated assessment

Study environment
Virtue space
Cross disciplinary space
Imaginative space
Disruptive space, etc.

Performance teaching
Transformative education
Audiences participation
Elaboration of teaching and learning
Personal practicing

Reflective practice
Critical reflection
Understanding from practice
Intuition and introspection
Possibility thinking

 

Teacher Introduction

Caroline has worked in education for 18 years in adult, community, college and university settings. Her background subject interest lies in the field of English language and literature, with a specific interest in English surrealism. She has taught a range of English Literature and Creative Writing course at university level, as well as having experience as a national subject examiner. As a writer, she is interested in creative approaches to academic writing and has provided a wide range of support to both staff and students on issues related to academic study, effective writing and presentation skills. She has also been awarded funding to develop online resources for teaching and learning. Caroline has developed and delivered a range of teacher education courses for college tutors and university lecturers over 15 years and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. In previous roles Caroline has also worked for a creative advertising account team for a major London advertising agency. She has also worked in fashion import and as a micro-supplier of bespoke knitwear to London boutiques.

Hilary has been employed as a lecturer for 24 years, teaching creative studio practice, and histories and theories on a range of art and design courses in further and higher education. She was awarded a Certificate in Education soon after becoming a lecturer and completed her Fine Art qualifications to MA level. Hilary taught for more than a decade in specific subjects, particularly across 3-dimensional design disciplines. For the last 14 years Hilary has focused on the educational development of staff and students within university art and design departments. She has focused on supporting staff to enhance students’ learning in a creative curriculum, with attention to improving individual students’ learning experiences. Hilary’s early career was as a ceramic designer and manufacturer for 10 years, selling to design-conscious shops in Europe, US and Japan.