AIMS
The aims of this unit are:
A1 To enable you to identify external contexts for your creative practice.
A2 To inform practice through external engagement and contextual research.
A3 To encourage independence through professional levels of personal, transferable, and graduate skills.
A4 To enable varying modes of presentation and information sharing to communicate knowledge, understanding and skills.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
On satisfactory completion of the unit you will be able to:
LO1 Design one or more projects that engage with external partners. (A1)
LO2 Create opportunities with external partners that support your emerging practice. (A2)
LO3 Synthesise contextual studies with personal practice to create a new body of work. (A2) (A4)
LO4 Produce material that communicates your new knowledge and understanding. (A3)
CRITERION
| CRITERION
There should be at least one criterion against each learning outcome for the unit |
MAPS TO LEARNING OUTCOME | ||
| Knowledge
The extent to which knowledge of relevant concepts, practices, theories, and contexts are demonstrated: |
Identify, define, and describe appropriate principles, concepts and subject knowledge. (Subject knowledge)
Demonstrate the use of technologies, methods, practices and processes related to the subject. (Practical knowledge)
Identify, define, and describe contemporary and historical practices, theories, and debates. (Contextual knowledge)
Acknowledge emerging practices and wider contexts, that shape subject knowledge and boundaries. (Subject boundaries) |
Demonstrating an in depth awareness of practical and contextual knowledge, and a deepening recognition of subject boundaries. | LO1, LO2 |
| Understanding
The level of understanding demonstrated through the testing and application of knowledge: |
Select, question, test, interpret and synthesize relevant knowledge to inform intentions, ideas, and outcomes. (Research)
Apply critical thinking to develop an informed personal position. (Critical thinking)
Apply curiosity, creativity, and intellectual enquiry to initiate, test, and articulate ideas and outcomes in inventive and individual ways. (Creativity) |
Selecting, testing and interpreting relevant and detailed research, and applying fluent critical thinking and creativity to produce highly effective and individual ideas and outcomes. | LO1, LO3, LO4 |
| Application
The degree to which knowledge and understanding are demonstrated through the application of technical, communication, personal, transferable, and graduate skills: |
Select, test and use materials, media and techniques to realise and present ideas and solutions. (Practical skills)
Apply appropriate technical skills and processes to develop and produce outcomes. (Technical skills)
Employ communication skills to effectively present ideas, intentions, and outcomes. (Communication skills)
Use personal and transferable skills to effectively sustain independent learning and reflect on progress (Personal and transferable skills)
Apply transferable and graduate skills in establishing appropriate professional practices and standards. (Graduate skills) |
Applying increasingly professional personal and graduate skills to initiate and sustain studies and emerging practice, and highly relevant practical, technical, and communication skills to articulate ideas, and outcomes effectively. | LO2, LO3, LO4 |