Last chance to book for
12th December
Developing students’ writing styles through research and practice
led by Pat Francis
13th December
Dealing with dyslexia: beyond the basics
led by Glyn Bell
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For the New Year
***NEW WORKSHOP****
11th January, 26th January & 2nd February 2006 (3 half-day workshops)
Into print
led by Kate Williams
The context
Lecturers spend much of their time developing and supporting their
students’writing, and their own plans to write can get squeezed out
by day-to-day pressures. These workshops offer an opportunity for
participants to focus on their own writing, and to rehearse the
process, from idea to finished product.
The workshop process
All sessions are highly interactive, with paired and small group
work, and instant presentation and feedback. The sessions work
through enabling you to create and see your structures and plans,
with sketches and diagrams. Through these processes, they offer
opportunities for networking with other students.
The workshops
The workshops are designed as a sequence, so you should plan to
attend all three if at all possible.
Workshop 1: Mapping the process: Wednesday 11th January 2006 10.30-1.00
• Clarifying aims and objectives
• Planning and sequencing research
Workshop 2 : Form and Structure: Thursday 26th January 2006 10.30-1.00
• Developing a rationale
• Thinking about an outline
• Planning an introduction
Workshop 3 : Writing issues: Thursday 2nd February 2006 10.30-1.00
• Developing an argument
• Structures for writing
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****NEW WORKSHOP****
13th January 2006
An introduction to supporting students on-line
led by Ellen Simms
There are many opportunities for supporting Art and Design students
on-line, for example supplementing face-to-face meetings/crits or
supporting teaching/learning at a distance. On-line support can range
from providing resources and activities, motivating and encouraging
students and moderating on-line discussion to simply communicating
course-related administrative items such as deadlines and room
changes. The focus of this workshop will be on developing
participants’ skills and confidence as e-tutors and use of e-tools.
Strategies for encouraging students to support and learn from each
other will also be discussed.
Aims: The workshop aims to provide an overview of the ways in which
students can be supported using on-line activities and communication
tools, whether to support face-to-face teaching and learning or
wholly at a distance. Participants will reflect on how they currently
support students and explore ways this can be effectively achieved
using on-line resources and tools.
Objectives: Participants will
*gain an understanding of the methods and tools that can be used to
support students online
*reflect on how they currently support students and how they might
introduce on-line methods for:
• encouraging student reflection
• critical thinking and writing
• working in peer groups/ collaboration
*Professional Development Planning
*discuss some of the related issues, eg gender and socio-cultural
issues of e-learning
*gain hands-on experience of putting on-line skills into practice
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23rd January 2006
Creative thinking processes: getting lost is good. Knowing how you
got lost is even better!
led by Tory Dunn
Background and issues
Learning in art, design and most other fields implies learning
methods to think creatively. Yet most of us have only been exposed to
generic brainstorming and mind mapping as methods of generating
ideas. What happens when we hit a creative block? What happens to a
student in a professional field if the client doesn’t like the
proposal? How do we analyse and evaluate the output of our
brainstorming? How can we be certain we are investing our efforts in
the best questions? This workshop introduces and provides
opportunities to try a number of techniques based on the work of
Edward deBono and others.
Participants
For tutors of Further or Higher Education students, teaching either
studio or theory-based courses.
Aims and Outcomes
The aim of the workshop is to give participants the experience of a
range of creative thinking techniques, presented in the context of
the overall creative process.
As an outcome of the workshop, participants should feel that they
will have broadened their vocabulary of creative thinking techniques,
and have a basis from which they can build these techniques into the
working methods that their students are learning.
Process
The workshop will include discussion of the techniques to be
explored, followed by opportunities to try out the methods. The
experience of participation in a series of creative thinking
sessions, some of which will focus on light issues, with others
examining real issues faced by the participants, is an important
feature of the day. There will also be discussion of specific
teaching and learning issues in this area.
Beginning with the notion “building in” creative effort
opportunities, the workshop progresses through defining a focus,
developing a focus into a broad range of ideas, and introduces the
notion of provocation and other techniques to disrupt predictable
thinking. The workshop also provides the opportunity to work with
methods to evaluate ideas that have been generated, and looks at
using creative thinking techniques to enhance team work.
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For booking http://cltad.ac.uk
or telephone 0207 514 8162
Workshops generally run from 10 15am - 4 00pm, at 65 Davies Street
London WC1
Cost £155 (unless specified)
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