The Thoughtful Six

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The Thoughtful Six A Case Study Control /
Surrender James CorazzoStockport
CollegeLecturer BA(Hons) Graphic Design
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Critical Factors 1. Space/Environment
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Critical Factors 1. Space/EnvironmentIts a
placement with the safety net of the
collegeparticipating studentIts is a
safety net, we dont feel isolated and perhaps
that we could contribute more because we know
more about things resources in college we feel
more at ease because we felt that we were
helpingparticipating student
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Critical Factors 1. Space/Environmentits a
theatre set of a studio, it isnt the real
dealtheir head hasnt shifted into a workplace,
I guess they are still at college geographically
it is too close to other students, their friends,
the normal environment. Creative Director
Thoughtful I think the students are very safe
and protected and there aint much of a fear
factor this is a bubble to them, weve always
liked the idea of it being a real world
experience. Creative Director Thoughtful
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Critical Factors 1. Space/EnvironmentWe
students might have felt too comfortable and
werent acting as professionally as we should
have been they Thoughtful showed us videos, and
we realised how the client saw us as
students.participating student you cant
just sit there and act like yourself. It made me
think more about everything I did and how that
was going to be seen by them, and in turn the
clients. participating student We had to
separate the studio from college life, so it was
more like we were at work not in college working
with Thoughtful. participating student
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Critical Factors 1. Space/EnvironmentThe
real world is so extreme, the law wouldnt allow
us to give them the real world experience its
as real as you can make it, they would have
turned against us and design if wed made it
that real. Creative Director Thoughtful
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Critical Factors 2. Confidence / Professor
Michael ErautPlacement learning is most likely
to occur from appropriately challenging work,
because this develops confidence and proactive
behaviours Professor Michael Eraut
Eraut, M. (2009) Improving the Quality of Work
Placements. Symposium on Learning in the
Workplace AERA annual conference, San Diego,
April 2009
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Critical Factors 2. ConfidenceIve learnt
how a studio works, how to interact, how I have
to be self-initiated, go and ask for things,
pushing to get more things, the more I do, the
more I get out, a self-propellingness.participat
ing student   I think Ive got so much more
confident with this project than I ever was
before, when I saw a presentation Id done I
looked at that and saw the change in myself, I
have got so much more confident in myself, I
dont feel I have to go up to anyone anymore and
say am I doing this right? I can take my own
initiative participating student
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Critical Factors 2. ConfidenceThere has been
more new situations and challenges and Ive had
to deal with them, each day we do something
different, at first if youve never done it very
frightening, now when new things happen its
okay participating student
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Critical Factors 2. Confidence Weve all been
given jobs to do where weve found ourselves
wondering what to do next. And at some point
weve all walked back into the room, sat at our
desks and said the doors locked. Does that
mean the problem no longer needs solving? Ive
learnt that taking ownership of a task builds
trust, respect and confidence but more
importantly, if I dont solve the problem it
simply becomes someone elses problem which in
a small (but perfectly formed) design practice
can become a real problem. participating
student
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Employability It is having the skills and
abilities to practice professionally. Life skills
which include emotional intelligence,
self-efficacy confidence, team working,
communication being enterprising a way of
doing that enables the students to act in the
world. Linda Ball
Ball, L. (2008) Bold resourcefulness. Redefining
Employability and Entrepreneurial Learning A HEIF
Funded Project 2007 2008 University of the
Arts, London available at www.arts.ac.uk/cltad/Bol
dResourcefulness.html
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National Employability Profiles Anticipate and
accommodate change, handle ambiguity and
uncertainty Interact effectively with others
through collaboration, collective endeavour and
negotiation Work flexibly, creatively and
independently with self-discipline,
self-direction and reflexivity Manage personal
workloads and meet deadlines under pressure with
flexibility, imagination, self-motivation and
organisation
Ball, L. (2008) Bold resourcefulness. Redefining
Employability and Entrepreneurial Learning A HEIF
Funded Project 2007 2008 University of the
Arts, London available at www.arts.ac.uk/cltad/Bol
dResourcefulness.html
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Brian Eno
Enos Wikipedia entry describes him as an
English musician, composer, record producer,
music theorist, artist and singer, who, as a solo
artist, is best known as one of the principal
innovators of ambient music. http//en.wikipedia
.org/wiki/Brian_Eno accessed on 24 May 2010)
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Surrender / Control I set up situations that
involve abandoning control and finding out what
happens. Brian Eno
Jeffries, Stuart. (2010) Surrender. Its Brian
Eno. Guardian Arts Interview 29.04.10 available
at http//www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/apr/28/br
ian-eno-brighton-festival accessed on 24.05.10
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University of Learning John Bowden and Ference
Marton
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Holland NHL / University of Applied
Sciences Leeuwarden, Holland
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Communication Media Design (CMD) What a student
needs to know and needs to do is not the teachers
decision, the onus is on the student discovering
what they need to know and how to do it. CMD
Programme Handbook
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Communication Media Design (CMD) Control /
Surrender
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Hans Monderman
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Workshop Control / Surrender The trouble with
traffic engineers is that when theres a problem
with a road, they always try to add something....
to my mind, its much better to remove
things. Hans Monderman
McNichol, Tom. (2004) Roads Gone Wild available
at http//www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.12/traffi
c.html accessed on 25 May 2010