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Articles from Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education

Reversing the design process in the introductory architectural design studio: The exploratory function of sketch modelling

<jats:p>This study investigated the exploratory potentials of sketch modelling in the introductory architectural design studio. It focused on the course ‘ARCH 102 Architectural Design Studio I...
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Project activities in the professional training of future designers (based on China’s educational experience)

<jats:p>This article presents the findings of the research into improving design professional training by means of project activities alongside art and multimedia technologies (MTs). It discusse...
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Drawing matters

<jats:p>As the faculties of literacy and numeracy are universally recognized as worthy of pedagogical nurturing, so this article champions an older, graphic articulacy: <jats:italic>visual...
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Noticing, curation, cultivation: Academic development leadership in the arts university

<jats:p>The curation of four ‘teaching exhibitions’ of pedagogic research outputs in a specialist arts university is presented as a case study of distributed leadership practice, with the le...
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Undergraduate creative arts students’ perceptions and attitudes toward disability: Advancing a critical disability studies informed curriculum

<jats:p>This study reports on the unanticipated findings of a small-scale, evaluative research project. Further to a pilot iteration, a cohort of undergraduate art students engaged with an immer...
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Designing filmmaking: Shaping first-year curriculum for transition, progression and effective collaboration

<jats:p>This article evaluates a transition intervention project aimed at first-year undergraduate filmmaking students in the Manchester School of Art. In response to recently identified shifts ...
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Celebrating the variety, fighting the confusion: An integrative review of the design teacher’s pedagogical roles

<jats:p>It is difficult, but crucial, to understand the roles of design studio teachers to facilitate the learning processes and improve the teaching approaches. In this respect, the roles of de...
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A framework for managing conceptual design process

<jats:p>Addressing the conceptual design stage as a significant part of design management, this article introduces a framework for concept generation and development in architectural design. Evo...
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A personal perspective on pedagogical structures and strategies that uphold Indigenous ways of knowing

<jats:p>This article gives a brief background of where I come from and how my experiences in Africa and North America have framed the ‘philosophy of teaching’ that defines me as a visual art...
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Art and design: Critical pedagogies and innovative curriculum design

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