Monthly Archives: March 2025

Session/artefact to be observed/reviewed: Group Tutorials  Size of student group: 6 second years Observer: Linda Aloysius Observee: Derek Lawlor What is the context of this session/artefact within the curriculum? Tutorials with Year 2 Weave students as part of ReWeave and … Continue reading →

Session/artefact to be observed/reviewed: Drop Spindle Spinning workshop Size of student group: 6 second years Observer: Derek Lawlor Observee: Rosa Pearks – Weave Technician What is the context of this session/artefact within the curriculum? -Teaching 2nd years to spin using … Continue reading →

Session/artefact to be observed/reviewed: Group Tutorials  Size of student group: 6 Year 2 Students Observer: Rosa Pearks – Weave Technician Observee: Derek Lawlor – Joint Course Leader BA Textile Design Part One What is the context of this session/artefact within … Continue reading →

A critique is an “examination of an idea, phenomenon, or artifact. Within design, use of the term also includes that evaluation of an idea as well as the act itself” (Hokanson, 2012, p. 74 cited in McDonald and Michela, 2019). … Continue reading →

Contextual Background I have recognised that feedback given to students can be different in the format that it is given from different tutors. This can include tone, learning outcomes and accessibility. With a wide range of tutors assessing there can … Continue reading →

Contextual Background I run a workshop as part of Year 1 BA Textile Design called ‘Order of Things’ Project. This is an introductory workshop where students generate a body of paper experimentation and 3D design developments. I have found that … Continue reading →

Contextual Background Being Joint Course Leader of BA Textile Design I am aware of the variety of learning differences that students have on our course. Students will have Individual Student Agreements (ISA) in place to acknowledge that these differences exist, … Continue reading →

In the exhibition catalogue for the exhibition of Hi! Fashion, curator and writer Gemma A. Williams: “While the design and process in this exhibition reach out to a wider interdisciplinary context, is it firmly rooted in the fashion object alone. … Continue reading →

Reflection from innovative pedagogies series: Wow: The power of objects in object-based learning and teaching Dr Kirsten Hardie (2015), Associate Professor Arts University Bournemouth.  This was a paper provided prior to my micro-teaching session which I found incredibly informative. It … Continue reading →

BA Textile Design Assessment & Feedback Session “Current assessment practice increasingly includes activities that could be termed assessment as learning. The very act of undertaking assessment and feedback activities is an essential part of the learning process. All three aspects … Continue reading →