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Teaching students to write about art : Results of a four-year patchwork text project

Staff, C. and Farmer, R. (2019) Teaching students to write about art : Results of a four-year patchwork text project. Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education. 18(2), pp. 137-151. 1474-273X.

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Abstract:
This article presents the findings from a four-year project designed to gather under-graduate Fine Art students’ perceptions of replacing an essay with a Patchwork Text Assessment (PTA), a form of assessment in which a series of self-contained, themati-cally related patches are written at regular intervals over a series of weeks or months and are then stitched together with a final meta-patch exploring the unity and interrelatedness of the individual patches. On completion of the PTA, students were asked a series of questions about their experiences, and analysis of their responses showed that they had found completing the PTA more difficult, more enjoyable and more rewarding than writing an essay. Importantly, there were no suggestions that the PTA had dumbed down assessment practices, nor was there an increase in the workload of the academic staff supporting and assessing the PTA.
Uncontrolled Keywords:
Academic writing, Assessment, Fine Art, Higher education, Patchwork text, Studio practice
Creators:
Staff, C. and Farmer, R.
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:
Faculties > Faculty of Arts, Science & Technology > Fine Art
Date:
1 October 2019
Date Type:
Publication
Page Range:
pp. 137-151
Journal or Publication Title:
Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education
Volume:
18
Number:
2
Number of Pages:
15
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1386/adch_00003_1
ISSN:
1474-273X
Status:
Published / Disseminated
Refereed:
Yes
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