These resources will be an insightful reference point to provide for students. It is incredibly useful to provide an updated platform for the cohort to find relevant research points. For me, it will potentially be a great tool to help build a more socially relevant brief for the units I run.
Hahn Tapper (2013) ‘A pedagogy of social justice education: social identity, theory and intersectionality’
Students’ identities need to be taken into account in all educational settings, which I completely agree with. It is insightful to read that some of the ideas I have reflected in the 1500 reflection resonate here. The ‘Robbers Cave experimental’ is also interesting, however simple that might be. In the context of teaching practices, the elimination of competition is vital for a cohort to work together rather than against. It will be essential for the teacher to set emphasize a cooperative framework right at the start; no students will be encouraged to ‘compete’ and the units will be structured to have collaborative tasks to complete.
Ted talk video “Witness Unconscious Bias” video
This video makes total sense, it’s been a major narrative and learning thread throughout this unit. It is interesting to hear she is aware of racism at 4 years old as it shows biases are insidious and do not ‘discriminate’. People of colour, like myself, experience experiences discrimination from an early age nevertheless, it will be useful to see a white person speaking about their awareness of unconscious bias.
Retention and attainment in the disciplines: Art and Design
This is an interesting read, especially about creating a space for the students to explore their identities. No doubt again this feeds into the ‘NVC’ boot camp/workshop our teaching is trying to plan. Also this awareness of the power we have as teaching staff, to encourage or discourage students’ development of practice. We should encourage students to explore what feels comfortable for them instead of drawing them out; never have I thought that this is actually a counter-productive approach, as art school resources and references have to be decolonized before starting to think about developing an inclusive space for students to create in.
Peekaboo, we see you whiteness
The poem ‘Is that a sign: White Supremacy’ could be an incredibly useful script writing starting in the film unit I run for year 1. Through an abstraction technique, students can use this as a reference point to experiment with writing a short script, in which they can create images. Also, the artists featured such as Dan Holliday and Jon Straker are relevant examples for students when asked to create their avatars in my proposed workshop.
