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Notes on teaching the path to creativity… raw unpolished and unmediated (because it’s all about the methodology)
Reflections on the Meta Creativity Model https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.3102/00346543241258226 Interesting bit from the meta: Like earlier research by Budge et al. (2013) , we found that teaching for creativity is a lot more complex and influenced by multidimensional processes than traditionally believed. It appears that to foster creativity, we do not actually teach for creativity directly; instead, we teach students the path to creativity, in other words, the w
Katherine
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Observation versus Judgement
OBSERVATION Carefully noticing what others are doing in order to gather information JUDGEMENT Opinion or conclusions based on a number of...
Katherine
Aug 231 min read
Wessie Ling, Mariella Lorusso and Simona Segre Reinach on their perceived realities of Global Fashion in 2019
(A multi - disciplinary perspective from anthropology, sociology, cultural and fashion theory) 'All the articles included in this issue...
Katherine
Aug 105 min read
Sherry Ortner 1972, on how symbolic associations of women with nature (vs. men with culture) underpin gender hierarchies across cultures.
(An Anthropological perspective) 'My point is simply that every culture implicitly recognises and asserts the distinction between the...
Katherine
Aug 93 min read
In Search of Fashion’s Meaning: Reading My Way Through Fashion
It all started with a call for papers on the theme; What is Fashion: The Politics of Representation . I thought it would be a one-off....
Katherine
Aug 92 min read


Thinking Outside the Box
More on this later…. 🤯
Katherine
Aug 81 min read


Notes on FILTERWORLD :Things I can’t un-know
Algorithms are neither good or bad it’s how they are used that makes a difference His research confirmed what I felt about the way...
Katherine
Jun 121 min read


Currently reading….
More on this later…
Katherine
May 181 min read


Ways of Seeing ( part 2)
click here for ways of seeing part 1 It was my ongoing exploration with the creative process ( previous post ) which reminded me about...
Katherine
Apr 274 min read
The culture of men
I read a fashion industry article about 4 years ago talking about how men are being targeted as the womenswear market is saturated. Ever...
Katherine
Apr 41 min read
AI through the filter of learning and teaching
Interesting what comes from a conference when you least expect it. How do we deal with AI in the teaching and learning sphere Nothing can...
Katherine
Mar 171 min read


more from the 'Meta' on the creative process...(see previous post)
Continuing my deep dive into the creative process, here's more on how it is to see, think, act, feel and understand in the creative...
Katherine
Mar 155 min read


From Fashion Design to Curriculum Design: because creativity matters
Brauer, R., Ormiston, J., & Beausaert, S. (2024). Creativity-Fostering Teacher Behaviors in Higher Education: A Transdisciplinary...
Katherine
Mar 92 min read
Thoughts (...and questions) after listening to 'The Age of Outsourcing' by Matthew Syed
Themes: technology and humans, fashion thinking, creativity, creative education, design process, research 25 Years of the 21st Century:...
Katherine
Jan 262 min read


What does the term ‘Learning Outcome’ mean to me?
Original posting on November 9, 2021 From the Teacher perspective, learning outcomes are what shape the curriculum and assessments in a...
Katherine
Jan 21 min read


Thoughts on how quality influences my practice as an Educator – positive and negative factors from reading Harvey and Green 1993
. Original Posting November 21, 2021 From my reading of Harvey and Green 1993, the notions of quality are clearly a topic of much...
Katherine
Jan 21 min read


Absurdism... a sign of the times
As random but connected occurrences go, I haven't had a notable one for a while but recently I visited Brockley Open Artist Studios for...
Katherine
Nov 5, 20242 min read


Re-defining the creative design process..
work in progress framework, up for discussion...
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