Studio Teaching Forum: enriching creative arts learning
Recognising the core role of studio as foundational to creative arts pedagogy, this forum seeks to explore the ideas and projects undertaken to develop our practice as educators within the broad range of Creative Arts disciplines (including Art, Architecture, Design and the Performing Arts). Case study presentations will be discussed, documented and published online to maximise opportunities for peer engagement in scholarship.
A number of the nation’s leading arts educators will be presenting aspects of their research and practice to forum delegates over the course of this two day forum in Hobart. Within the theme of Studio and Pedagogy, the forum will include presentation on contemporary developments in:
- Preparation and introduction to studio
- Connections with professions and industry – work integrated studio
- Cross-sector (VET, HE, etc.) initiatives
- Cross-disciplinary studio initiatives
- Experiential (field work/trip) studio
- On-line and virtual studio initiatives
- Studio assessment and feedback (peer review, critique etc)
- Studio management initiatives (efficiency measures)
The forum will utilise the Studio Teaching Project (STP) report findings to underpin the program. In addition to a general outline of the project’s findings and recommendations, STP presentations include;
- Defining studio
- Studio models in current use
- Changes in studio over time
- Effective studio
- Indicators for studio assessment
The Studio Teaching Project report and online tool-kit for studio teachers will be launched at the forum.
This forum will be of particular interest to all arts educators who are committed to greater co-operation between education sectors and enhanced levels of provision for students who wish to make a vocation of one or more of the Creative Arts disciplines. The Pathways project aims to map, review and re-position Creative Arts courses within the Tasmanian education system from Year 10 through to PhD level. The Pathways project also seeks to create more visible and efficient pathways for students from high school into the higher education sector and beyond.
Pathways is a three-year Commonwealth funded (Diversity and Structural Adjustment Fund) project to support a partnership between the University of Tasmania and Tasmanian Polytechnic (formerly TAFE Tasmania).
This partnership seeks to identify and enhance Creative Arts learning pathways from year 10 to employment by:
- Mapping, reviewing and evaluating existing courses and pathways,
- Clarifying industry requirements, opportunities and expectations in order to maximise work integration within courses
- Identifying strategies for maximum effective and efficient use of capital and human resources in the development and delivery of Creative Arts education programs in Tasmania
The Studio Teaching Forum is presented jointly by the Studio Teaching Project (an Australian Learning and Teaching Council funded project: www.studioteaching.org and the University of Tasmania in association with the Tasmanian Polytechnic and the Tasmanian Arts Teachers' Association.
