#honours programme

[plague-of-roses]

Here goes nothing From here on, I, Plague, shall make reports of all updates relevant to my honours programme. I have started a fair time ago, but only now I have found I may experiment on here, as this is what they call a blog, and to make a blog seems like a perfect way to keep track of my progress through my mission to build this world, while also being active on the internet. ... Yeah this looks more like an announcement I'd make to a large group of people... less so than potentially no one but my one follower...

[fae-academia]

16/03/2021

It's my first day of Anthropology Honours!

I do feel a little drained because lectures were supposed to start yesterday but were rescheduled because of online registration delay. I will try to be positive though and hopefully after my first seminar I'll feel more energised for the academic year.

[cumbriacrack]

Sixthform students set their sights on Oxbridge A bumper cohort of high-flying students have been encouraged to consider applying to Oxford, Cambridge and other leading universities as they start at Barrow Sixth Form College Full story: https://www.cumbriacrack.com/2020/12/03/sixthform-students-set-their-sights-on-oxbridge/

[thetheatrestudent-blog]

Reading list for my research

So for the Honours Programme of my education, I’m doing a research on self-assessment in higher art education. But honestly, I don’t know anything about the subject yet, only that it really sparks my attention…

So I’ve done some searching, and have compiled a reading list for myself, to really dive into the topic! All of these are pretty long articles, but I hope I can make time to read, read and READ.

Not only have I found sources on self-assessment, I have also found sources on underlying topics (assessment in general, the value of higher art education and the value of the arts and of artists)

These are the titles in my reading list (so you can see what kind of stuff I’m going to read!)

On the value of art/artists

Whose value is it anyway? A neo-institutionalist approach to articulating and evaluating artistic value

Good art, bad art – what is a ‘good’ drawing

The place of artists in society – what good are they, anyway?

Artistic value defended

On the value of higher art education

A question of values: why we need art and design in higher education

Educating artists

On assessment

Making the grade

Historical analysis of assessment in art-education

Art teachers opinions of assessment criteria

On self-assessment

Towards developmental self-assessment in the visual arts

Zen and the art of peer and self-assessment in interdisciplinary, multi-media, site-specific arts practice

A game plan for self-assessment

NEA’s low marks in self-assessment

The American Idol effect: are students good judges of their creativity across domains?

Well, let’s get to reading!