The backdrop to this virtual conference is the varied interpretations of teaching and research. Definitions of ‘academic research’ vary but often exclude analysis, experiment and critical debate stimulated in the classroom, studio or lab. However, this is challenged. Educationalists routinely use the classroom as a ‘laboratory’; designers use the studio as a vehicle for research. Sociologists and geographers collect research data as part of classroom exercises. Art and history teachers critique cultural and social movements in the act of explaining them.
This conference engages education professionals and educators in the art, design and social science disciplines to share best practices.
