Project Write-up as a Pdf. without document links – HERE Contents – Click to Jump to CONTEXT RESULTS SUMMARY PRESENTATION ACTION OUTLINE & ALL DOCUMENT LINKS PROJECT FINDINGS RESPONSES TO PARTICIPANT FEEDBACK RESEARCH METHODS RATIONALE Figures list References Research Question Can meditation and drawing be used as a social Justice tool in arts education to…

CONTEXT My research interests lie in integrating mindfulness and/or meditation into teaching to enhance mental health as a potential tool for social justice in the context of my role as a lecturer teaching fashion design and technology at LCF. As a white, female academic educated in the UK’s grammar school system and now a lecturer…

MEDITATION INTERVENTION ACCOUNT Carried out on 9th JULY 2024 by Emma Hamshare FOR UAL LCF East Bank Room 1209 I gave a ‘Body Scan’ mindfulness meditation as part of our staff development day at LCF EAST BANK with five of my team members. Acting on my peer feedback I asked my Course leader to send…

As a white British woman starting secondary school in 1997, Britain’s colonial history was omitted from my formative curriculum. Attending school in Dartford meant that there were a tiny minority of students of colour in my cohort. I don’t recollect instances of racism at school, and in hindsight this clearly indicates my blindness to it…

INITIAL INTERVENTION THOUGHTS: As I begin my intervention plans I reflect on my other blogposts and knowledge that the impact of discrimination on marginalised people results in poor mental health, burnout and low self-esteem, making it harder to make creative work. Yale Professor Laurie Santos explains that students are facing a mental health crisis. ‘Over…

Having attended a Catholic primary school, despite being ‘C of E’, meant that I would have to ‘sit out’ while others participated in their holy communion. I didn’t particularly mind. As a child, my experience of religion was that I quite enjoyed the singing, and didn’t feel it had much bearing on my life. And…

BLOG POST 1: ON DISABILITY (Warning contains some expletives) To examine discrimination and disadvantage through an intersectional lens, is to see, ‘The fact that minority women suffer from the effects of multiple subordination, coupled with institutional expectations based on inappropriate nonintersectional context’ (Crenshaw, 1991 p1251). It is important to acknowledge my position as an educator,…

Case Studies 1-3 Presentation & Images, powerpoint for Microteach 2024 Microteach documentation Observation forms Georgina observes Emma Emma Observes Georgina Tutor Record of Observation