Category Archives: Reflective Posts

To Crit, or Not to Crit? That is the Question…

Posted on 25th March 2026 by Chelsie Coates

During our final workshop, we focussed on forms of assessment & feedback, encompassing the ever-present art-school crit (or critique). Commonly structured as a group consisting of peers giving and receiving formative feedback and facilitated by academic staff; the crit can … Continue reading →

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Initiation as a Condition of Seeing: The Biases that Blind & Bind Us

Posted on 22nd March 2026 by Chelsie Coates

In preparation for Workshop 2, we were given a choice of readings; I chose to reflect on bell hooks’ essay ‘Talking Art as the Spirit Moves Us’ from her book ‘Art on My Mind: Visual Politics’ (1995). In the essay, hooks begins by sharing … Continue reading →

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Object Based Learning and the Luxury of Time

Posted on 16th February 2026 by Chelsie Coates

Reflecting on our first guest lecture on object-based learning, I was left intrigued on the concept. I had not heard of OBL prior to the session, but as a technical member of staff, my teaching methods almost always include objects … Continue reading →

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Introverted Learners & Lurkers: Changing Societal Expectations, One Classroom at a Time

Posted on 19th January 2026 by Chelsie Coates

Prior to our first workshop, we were invited to read & reflect on an article; I was immediately drawn to ‘Embracing the silence: introverted learning and the online classroom‘ (Harris 2022). Funnily enough, I have never formally taught anything (live … Continue reading →

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