Author Archives: Michael McShane

In order to think about the workshops that I run, I recently attended a talk about artist’s workshops at Eastside Projects in Birmingham. It was led by the artist Verity-Jane Keefe whose work/project was also displayed as a final exhibition/culmination … Continue reading →

Within Arts education I work between FE and HE where I also work in different faculties and within different academic and technical roles, currently: I work at Chelsea College of Arts where I am just starting as a BAFA2 writing … Continue reading →

Reflective Report –  Reflection on Implementation and Student Responses The implementation surfaced both empowering moments and pedagogical tensions. I was immensely excited by the what the students produced and the conversations they had with each other. One student created a … Continue reading →

Developing Workshops on Technology and the Body I want to use what I have learnt from the PG Cert and some of my colleagues to develop and broaden the workshop series I run ‘Technology and its relationship to the Body … Continue reading →

I thought that the three very contrasting media representations of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts in the UK were a great selection of videos and perfectly captured the dynamic of contemporary British politics on this subject. I also think … Continue reading →

I recently attended a lecture by the artist Faisal Hussein in Birmingham. I have known him for a couple of years and I thought that the talk that he gave was both inspiring and incredibly insightful into the way Muslims … Continue reading →

An experience from the previous group tutorial changed what I planned to write about for this blog post. In a discussion on how digital media can be used as a way to increase accessibility for disabled students I was told … Continue reading →

Blog Blog post 4 a critique of Blogs and summary so far. I find the format of WordPress blog posts very difficult to work with and a little out of date: when I was a student 10 years ago we … Continue reading →

Record of Observation or Review of Teaching Practice   Session/artefact to be observed/reviewed: Offsite Crits Size of student group: 4-10 Observer: Kwame Baah Observee: Michael McShane Note: This record is solely for exchanging developmental feedback between colleagues. Its reflective aspect … Continue reading →

Providing a space for all kinds of feedback Context: Sometimes, I am invited to run exhibition crits with students when they do exhibitions. One of the problems of these crits is that students are not used to giving or receiving … Continue reading →