This article (16 page PDF) describes a module in which "we do not conceive of our module as a way of 'fixing' staff - nor of preparing them to 'fix' their students. Rather we use creative and visual practices as a way of helping them explore more 'ways of seeing' the educational context(s) in which we all operate." The idea is to use art as a visual metaphor as a way of seeing something in a new light, thus creating a means for new insugfhts about it. What makes the art work in this case is that it's not just about drawing pictures, but rather using found objects to create concrete representations. My favourite has to be the depiction of a student as a jar of fruit jelly. "How might the 'jelly student' eel when entering HE? How does he or she fit into, for example, a university that is built out of Lego as a high straight, impregnable tower?"
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