Projects
CILASS Projects
Six projects in English and Creative Writing were funded by the Centre for Inquiry-Based Learning in the Arts and Social Sciences (CILASS) at the University of Sheffield. Inquiry (or Enquiry)-based learning is a pedagogical approach which prioritises student-led inquiry and collaboration, and which is closely related to problem-based learning. The projects finished in Spring 2010.
In this area you can find web-pages on all the English CILASS projects, which are described briefly below:
- Inquiry-Based Learning Design and Literary Studies
- Project leaders: Will Slocombe and Louise Marshall (Aberystwyth University)
- This project developed and disseminated a practical methodology for IBL in English Studies. The project leaders designed a Level 2 option module requiring students to select primary texts, compile bibliographic materials, identify research questions, and determine their own themes, topics, and assessment activities.
- Shakespeare and the Bridewell Archives
- Project Leader: Dr. Duncan Salkeld (University of Chichester)
- This project designed a module in which students will study Shakespeare by means of independent research with the Elizabethan archives of the Bridewell Hospital held at the Bethlem Royal Hospital Archives and Museum, Beckenham, Kent. Students encountered a vast store of memorable historical cases and actively (in groups of four) linked these cases to Shakesepare plays.
- Project completion: April 2010
- Tags: Renaissance literature, Shakespeare, Linking teaching & research, CILASS, Inquiry-based learning
- Writing for Social Purpose - Ideas for Sustainable Teaching and Learning
- Project Leaders: Dr Katy Shaw and Jess Moriarty (University of Brighton)
- This project offered students from different disciplines the chance to raise their social and historical consciousness and develop confidence in writing, research and presentation through collaborative IBL. Students produced a piece of socially conscious creative work alongside an introspective piece of writing, demonstrating knowledge of a variety of socially conscious genres and forms and of socio-historical contexts. Staff worked with interdisciplinary agencies to create innovative materials and workshops drawing on their own research interests in the field as well as networking with guest professionals.
- Project completed: April 2010
- Tags: Creative Writing, Community Engagement, Inquiry-based learning
- Creative Writing Project Module
- Project leader: Celia Brayfield (Brunel University)
- This project established a template for IBL in Creative Writing by piloting an innovative MA module in partnership with the local community of writers. Students were encouraged to find innovative ways to identify, engage and interact with their audience and worked in groups of 4-5 on projects related to creative writing to take place in west London.
- Project completed: April 2010
- Tags: Creative Writing, Community Engagement, Inquiry-based learning
- Dramatising Slavery & Emancipating Students: Learning Beyond the Classroom
- Project leader: Alan Rice (University of Central Lancashire)
- Students researched historical characters involved in the transatlantic slave trade—including both perpetrators & victims – to provide materials for a dramatic tableau to be made freely available online as a pedagogical resource. The students developed the material through field trips to museums and historical sites, meetings with local historians, archivists and curators.
- Projected completed: April 2010
- Tags: Post-colonial literature, Inquiry-based learning, Interdisciplinarity
- Going Dutch: Collaborative student research on language and culture
- Project leader: Professor Angela Goddard (York St John University)
Project Partners: Dr. R. Mesker, Dept of English, University of Amsterdam / Dr. C. Bergstrom, Dept of English, University West, Sweden - This project used new technology to facilitate student-led collaborative international research on language and culture. English Language students at the University of Amsterdam and at York St John worked together online on contemporary questions in language, culture and communication, before coming together in York for a face to face conference where they presented papers to each other and to their staff.
- Project completed: April 2010
- Tags: English language, Internationalisation, Inquiry-based learning
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