Proposed Conference Mid Year 2016

Visual Culture & Possible Futures

ADVOCACY

PHILOSOPHY: My first ever 'talk to parents' was in 1984 and it was about this very idea - visual literacy and the wider benefits of studying in the subject. As a new teacher, that talk formed the foundation of my philosophy and the first expression of a passionate advocacy. It was before reading Eisner's Creation of Mind, but highly infuenced by the magnificent teaching of Lindsay Boughton. I say, we can't stop until VA is a compulsory subject.

The Importance of Reflection for Student Learning

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/12/what-meaningful-reflection-on-student-work-can-do-for-learning/ Thanks Vic Morley

Androgyny and Creativity

Research: 

Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-tmqCqJd28&ab_channel=BHL-Self-HelpBookRecommendation 

The Psychology of Discovery and Invention by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

http://www.brainpickings.org/2014/11/07/psychological-androginy-creativity-csikszentmihalyi/

Deep Learning

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/10/report-finds-deeper-learning-model-improves-outcomes-for-all-students/

An exciting discovery

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/819527322/philosoprops-a-unified-field-guide?goback=.gde_1636727_member_269819320#!
PHILOSOPROPS: A UNIFIED FIELD GUIDE

Dr Patricia Leavy: Method Meets Art

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=e7H6SejkvuEC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false