CONTENTS FINE ART TUNING DOCUMENT - ELIA

Students are involved in a wide range of learning activities 10 . Assessment
is employed as a learning tool and students are expected to play an active
role in the assessment of work. This may be through assessment by group
critique, by writing critical evaluation reports on their own progress and
/or peer evaluation.
Example 1:
Work or project placements/ residencies
These projects may initially involve students in seeking out and
negotiating their placement and considering the practical, social, ethical
and health and safety implications. The placement is discussed with tutors
and approaches to the relevant individuals and institutions are made.
Students gain first hand experience of the issues and good practices
associated with their placement. Students document their experiences and
are assessed on a presentation of their evaluation of the project made to
their peers and tutors. In this way the student group gains valuable
information and insight from their peers’ experiences as well as
developing their own presentation skills.
Example 2:
Peer Evaluation and student participation in assessment
This form of assessment involves students in analysis, evaluation and
debate with their peers. It is devised to make assessment criteria and
processes more transparent and in this way enables students to take
more responsibility for their own learning. Students work in teams to
discuss the criteria and their own and others performance in relation to
learning outcomes. They may write a progress report and compare results
with that of other teams and tutors’ evaluation.
Peer Evaluation provides students with a substantial and rigorous learning
experience that enables them to consider future directions and effectively
evaluate areas for development. This process encourages students to gain
insight into their own and other’s work and ideas.
Example 3:
A student presentation
Making presentations enables students to acquire confidence in
communicating to a group and provides them with the opportunity to test
out and develop presentation skills. The peer learning involved in
observing and discussing each others’ presentations is valuable and
enables students to develop their critical awareness and capacity for
reflection.
Students are required to give a visual and verbal presentation on their
own work considering it in relation to other historical or contemporary
examples and placing it in a critical and theoretical context. Other forms
of presentation involve students evaluating and discussing an exhibition or
10 Examples of learning activities include: art practice; lectures and seminars; independent research;
documentation; tutorials and group critiques; gallery and museum visits; organising and curating
exhibitions; working to a brief or context; giving visual and verbal presentations; work experience;
residencies; exchanges; and critical and reflective writing about these and related topics.