‘DESIGN TEACHING & LEARNING PRACTICES’ in the higher education sphere today calls for a fresh debate in terms of the efficacy of delivery, especially from an international standpoint. It considers the formal requirements for ‘research’ by higher degrees and defines the term ‘practice-led’.
There appears to be a critical need for contemporary debate in the area of design pedagogy across the discipline of Fashion/Textile Art, Craft & Design Education. Considering India’s rich cultural textile heritage and living crafts, there is a need to develop a deeper understanding of what the ‘world’ of Textile Art, Craft & Design Education here needs and how those needs can best be met with.
I believe that contextual research and resource can be an important factor in defining and elaborating this critical context to improve the teaching/ learning methods of related subjects through an amalgamation of archival, hands on, technical, visual, value based global-local approach.
Ongoing research would provide teachers with teaching artists/crafts people who have the ability to design and lead professional teaching/ learning through establishment of a shared vision for arts-crafts-design integrated instruction and thereby create an atmosphere for collective sharing of knowledge, resources and skills.
Higher Educational Services
- Guest Faculty : 1990 Till Date
- Workshops, Presentations, Lectures, Modules, Slide Talks : 1991 Till Date
- As Professor, Course Leader (HOD) : 2007-09
- As Director : 2007
- Senior Faculty and Co-Co-ordinator : 2004-06
- Faculty Development Program Induction : 1990-91
- California State University : 2000
- USA : Textile Centre, MN – Art & Design Dept. Iowa State University : 2004
- Virginia Commonwealth University of Qatar : 2005
- Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK : 2011
