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This additional year of activity gave the ADEPTT team the opportunity
to work much more closely with six new institutions and their hourly
paid lecturers and directly with five part-time members of staff. We
focused on the specific application and transfer of the project outcomes
and knowledge to particular faculties and departments in various stages
of development.
The new institutions we worked with were:
- Norwich School of Art & Design
- Bristol School of Art, media and Design at UWE
- The Arts Institute of Bournemouth
- University College for the Creative Arts
- Kingston University, Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture
- London Metropolitan University, Sir John Cass Dept Art Media and Design
In parallel with this work was an opportunity to work closely with
part-time tutors to use the lecturer pack to develop their knowledge
and skills and use the approaches directly in their work as a platform
for developing their academic practice. These experiences with five
part-time tutors have provided lecturer case studies that help exemplify
and evaluate impact within student learning environments
Work with Partners
Initial meetings were held at each of the Institutions. Taking the
resources to each institution and talking through the content and tools
was very important. It enabled staff to see the material, recognise the
value that it had and to be able to identify staff professional
development events and meetings where they could take that section or
even those few pages to discuss or to raise an issue.
The new partners were then asked to run three sessions with part-time
staff using the packs during one academic year and provide feedback.
Further details are included in the report on the year -
link to the report
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Work with Part-time tutors
Five individual lecturers were approached from two institutions to
work closely with the team during the year. They met together as a group to
agree the process and also to share their thoughts and hopes for the year
before they actually engaged with the material.
I want to enhance the learning experience for my students by being better
prepared in a number of areas.
The lecturers then selected three sections from the resources which related to
areas they were interested in or felt they needed to develop their knowledge and
understanding of and agreed to work through these sections. Over the next five
months the lecturers tested the resources in their teaching and completed reflective
logs of how they had tried to introduce skills and ideas from the sections into
their practice and the successes they had.
I will change my approach. The material in this section has made me realise
that I am on the right track and a lot of the changes that I have made in
my teaching style are right. It has given me tips on other ways of improving
my teaching, especially with the first years.
Overall, generally found this useful and enlightening. The structure of the
materials I found appropriate to my lack of experience and therefore found
it engaging and interesting.
This independent use of the material by individual lecturers has allowed us to test
its effectiveness and has produced excellent case study material that will be used
to give further evidence of the potential and effective of the ADEPTT outcomes. In
addition the five individuals were supported in their professional development.
Further details are included in the report on the year -
link to the report
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