- Title
- Exploring the discourses around ‘creativity’ and ‘critical thinking’ in a South African creative arts curriculum
- Creator
- Belluigi, Dina Z
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2009
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/482842
- Identifier
- vital:78694
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03075070802644911
- Description
- Using critical discourse analysis to analyse the formative assessment method of a fine art studio practice curriculum, the author explores the espoused claim that both creativity and critical thinking are encouraged. Despite the prevalence of these often used terms, assessment practices and feedback were found to unwittingly encourage reproduction. A dominant negative dialectic at play in assessment practices was a modernist conception of the artist‐student. The climate created by the imbalance between creativity and criticality was found to impact negatively on students' approaches to learning as a result of being alienated from their desires. Focusing on the South African context, this case study contributes to global concerns about strategic and uncritical adoptions of politically expedient discourses in higher education.
- Format
- 18 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Studies in Higher Education, Belluigi, D. Z. (2009) ‘Exploring the discourses around ‘creativity’ and ‘critical thinking’ in a South African creative arts curriculum’, Studies in Higher Education, 34(6), pp. 699–717. doi: 10.1080/03075070802644911, Studies in Higher Education volume 34 number 6 699 717 2009 1470-174X
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RU Centre for Higher Education Research, Teaching and Learning (CHERTL)
RU Department of Education
SDG 04. Quality Education
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