Rethinking the Crit: New Pedagogies in Design Education

By: Patrick Flynn and Maureen O’Connor and Mark Price and Miriam Dunn

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Synopsis: Assessment in architecture and creative arts schools has traditionally adopted a ‘one size fits all’ approach by using the ‘crit’, where students pin up their work, make a presentation and receive verbal feedback in front of peers and academic staff. In addition to increasing stress and inhibiting learning, which may impact more depending on gender and ethnicity, the adversarial structure of the ‘crit’ reinforces power imbalances and thereby ultimately contributes to the reproduction of dominant cultural paradigms. This book critically examines the pedagogical theory underlying this approach, discusses recent critiques of this approach and the reality of the ‘crit’ is examined through analysis of practice. The book explores the challenges for education and describes how changes to feedback in education can shape the future of architecture and the creative arts.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 234 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781000789973
Related ISBNs:: 9781032266862, 9781003289432, 9781032266855
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 09/06/22
Copyrighted By:: selection and editorial matter, Patrick Flynn, Maureen O’Connor, Mark Price, Miriam Dunn
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Education
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Patrick Flynn
Edited by:: Maureen O'Connor
Edited by:: Mark Price
Edited by:: Miriam Dunn