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Showing 1 to 20 of 548 for “"Art and Design"”.
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Black African students and the art and design education space : narratives of journeys to higher education art and design
… on the Black African sector of our community and explores how Black African students access, enter and progress through HE Art and Design and what facilitates this progress. It also questions what limiting barriers are visible in the art and design educational journeys of the participants in …
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Object-based learning, art and design collections and the art school: mobilising material culture to support art and design teaching practice in tertiary education
… object-based learning activities using archives and collections in art and design pedagogic contexts enhance learning and well-being? The discipline of object-based learning as suggested by Paris (2002) is rooted in museums and has been enthusiastically embraced by academics exploring the …
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The impact of educational reform on the Wolverhampton School of Art and Design
… education reform on the Wolverhampton School of Art. Investigations cover the school from the early 1850's to the mid 1950's in four stages of its development: the Government School of Practical Art for Wolverhampton and South Staffordshire, the Municipal School of Art, the Municipal School of …
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The Royal College of Art : its influence on education, art and design 1900-1950.
The Royal College of Art is considered through its teaching of art and design, and its work as a centre for the training of art teachers. The ideas of some of the staff are evaluated with regard to the need for art and design education. The influence of the diplomates of the College on the areas of …
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An investigation into art and design graduate careers: towards developing a career progression tool.
… body of research about the careers of art and design graduates, and to utilise the findings in the development of a concept multimedia 'career progression tool'. A critical contextual review of key research highlighted a lack of data about 'actual' art and design graduate careers. …
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Exploring Year 9 students’ perceptions: influences on decisions to study GCSE art and design
… are almost twice as many girls as boys taking art at GCSE level, making this one of a number of subjects where there is a significant gender imbalance at KS4. Such gender imbalances in certain subjects have implications at both an individual level and societal level. The focus of this research …
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Transitions : variation in tutors’ experience of practice and teaching relations in art and design
In art and design education creative practice, being an artist or designer, is seen as central to what and how students learn. The use of practitioners to teach is viewed as an indicator of a quality experience on one hand and a source of anxiety on the other. Doubts have been expressed about …
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A comprehensive evaluation of the MIT Bachelor of Science in Art and Design program
… survey that would determine the source of MIT Department of Architecture undergraduate dissatisfaction with the Bachelor of Science in Art and Design (BSAD) degree program. It was the hope of the author that this investigation would lead to a well informed proposal for improvements to be made to …
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Alien Sex Club: Educating audiences about continuing rates of HIV transmission using art and design
… current modes of representation of HIV in art, which grows out of the minimalist aesthetic developed during the earlier part of the AIDS crisis by artists such as Felix Gonzalez-Torres. Today however, it is acknowledged that HIV is an interconnected web of problems that should be …
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An exploration of hybrid art and design practice using computer-based design and fabrication tools.
… experience suggested the use of computer-based design and fabrication tools might enable new models of practice that yield a greater integration between the 3D art and design disciplines. A critical, contextual review was conducted to assess what kinds of objects are being produced by art and …
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Students participation in art and design in schools and colleges : A case study of Lusaka city : 2003-2006
Generally, Zambian government schools and colleges have recorded low female participation in Science and Mathematics since political independence in 1964. The situation is worse in the subject of art and design. In many schools this subject is not offered. Additionally, many people in the Zambian …
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Students participation in art and design in schools and colleges : A case study of Lusaka city : 2003-2006
Generally, Zambian government schools and colleges have recorded low female participation in Science and Mathematics since political independence in 1964. The situation is worse in the subject of art and design. In many schools this subject is not offered. Additionally, many people in the Zambian …
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Designing American Taste: Frank Alvah Parsons, Queer Pedagogy and the Development of Applied Art and Design Education in the 20th Century
This thesis seeks to understand the life and work of design educator Frank Alvah Parsons (1863-1930), Parsons School of Design’s namesake, as well as his disciples, William M. Odom and Van Day Truex. Parsons dedicated his life to democratizing design and was one of America's foremost design …
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StoriesAbout … Assessment: understanding and enhancing students' experiences of assessment in art and design higher education using on-line storytelling and visual representations.
… qualitative experiences of assessment in art and design higher education using storytelling and visual representations. It aims to investigate whether collaborative storytelling can encourage students to reflect on, and learn from, each others experiences of assessment. In order to examine …
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Technology Supported Learning within Art and Design: The acquisition of practical skills, with specific reference to undergraduate introductory sound recording and interview techniques
… been noticeably slower in the practicum of the art and design subject area. As such our understanding of the use of TSL in this practicum is under-developed. This multi- and inter-disciplinary practice-based research project is a case study, within this under-developed area, based around the …
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Emilie Grigsby’s wardrobe at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London: The challenges and opportunities of personal collections of dress for a museum of art and design
… of wardrobe studies exploring clothing accrued and worn by an individual over a lifetime. Stemming from multiple disciplines including fashion studies, sociology, anthropology, psychology and life-writing, these studies have revealed that wardrobes offer a vital resource for fashion history. …
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Making meaning of the sketchbook: an inquiry into the conceptualisation, content and form of sketchbooks, and associated pedagogical practices, in post-compulsory Art and Design education, with consideration of the effects of new technologies on practices.
This research project is an inquiry into, and exploration of, work carried out by students studying on formal Further Education (FE) and Higher Education (HE) Art & Design courses in a specialist Art & Design college. The project focuses on the use of sketchbooks and the effects that new …
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Serving the empire: P&O, design, identity and representation (1837-1969)
The thesis examines the place of art and design in the life of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O). In particular, the thesis examines P&O’s art and design in the context of the company’s evolving role in the networks of the British Empire and Commonwealth from the company’s …
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Is academic writing the most appropriate complement to art students' practice?
This thesis examines the relationship between art students' academic work and arts practice focusing on: the function of academic writing; the space for the author's identity; and, whether dichotomies in the production of academic text and development of creative visual work preclude academic …
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