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Case Studies

Example 2: developing critical thinking skills in students through research - Human Geography

Example 1
evidence based practice materials

Example 2
building group work skills

Example 3
building research communities

Example 4
project based learning activities

Example 5
research and teaching: an intrinsic link

Example 6
the link between cultural identity and research

Example 7
An inextricable link - theory into practice

Example 8
Teaching connoiseurs of research

Example 9
Exploiting the link in course design

Example 10
innovative practice linking engineering methods and principles to constructing a winning product

Example 11
research and links to critical pedagogy

Example 12
Four examples to promote the synergy in history

Example 13
Students' perspective on linking research and teaching

Example 14
Two students'
perspectives

 

Case 2

What students learn

  • to identify and frame appropriate questions
  • to appreciate that all research and interpretation is dependent on a number of variables including age, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, and education
  • to write a report

And more...

a) acknowledge the importance of our culture in how we understand the world around us;

b) understand that images of places or people are the outcome of a social process that involves unequal social relations;

c) understand that the production of images is loaded with cultural meaning; and

d) develop an awareness that we all 'see' the world in a particular way based upon our own cultural heritage and personal biography.

What is needed

  • Specific images are provided that depict a range of social and geographical knowledges
  • A list of questions are provided to give students a framework from which to build their understanding of how to critique
  • They then have to apply these independently by choosing their own images and selecting questions from the list provided that are appropriate.

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How it is done

The practicals are organised over two week blocks where students are first taught a particular skill and then they apply that skill independently in the second week.

Some questions about production To help students contextualise the image
  • When was it made?
  • Where was it made?
  • Who made it?
  • Was it made for someone else?

Taken Away was commissioned from Sally Morgan in 1988 by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra for a Bicentennial Portfolio.

Technological

What technologies does its production depend on?

  • The original artwork was a colour silkscreen on paper.

Taken Away by Sally Morgan

Social

  • What were the social identities of the maker, the owner and subject of the text?
  • What are the relations between the maker, the owner and the subject?

Aesthetic

  • Does the form of the image address these identities and relations of its production?

Students are also given a framework on how to write a report with examples from past students' work. They are asked to assess whether the student met the criteria appropriately.

The examples, questions, and report writing format are all clearly written up in a handbook for students to access with examples from students for each eg analysis of an image and a report.

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student response

'University of Wollongong'
'Centre for Educational Development & Interactive Resources'