Dennis Atkinson: Pedagogy against the State February 12, 2008

George Wood Theatre, Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross,
London SE14 6NW
Admission: FREE

Head of Department of Educational Studies and Director of the Research Centre for the Arts and Learning at Goldsmiths, University of London, Professor Dennis Atkinson, will deliver his Inaugural Lecture titled: ‘Pedagogy against the State.’ The Lecture will be introduced by the Warden of Goldsmiths, Professor Geoffrey Crossick, followed by a reception.

Admission free, all welcome. The Lecture is unticketed, but please e-mail inaugurals@gold.ac.uk or telephone 020 7919 7033 if you plan to attend. Visit www.goldsmiths.ac.uk for map and travel information.

Lecture summary:
This lecture considers how effective ways of teaching might be developed to facilitate real learning, focusing in particular on art education. Drawings produced by children in the UK and in Australia will be examined to see how the children have encoded meaning in their art work. Different ways of reading art practices within school education contexts and how these readings construct teacher and learner identities will also be considered. These reflections will then be placed in the broader context of learning and teaching, and Professor Atkinson will put forward the notion of pedagogy against the state, exploring ideas through which real learning can be effectively supported.

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