Signature Pedagogies for Professions in Arts and Design

This open access booksurveys the dynamic landscape of professional artsand design education research, examining salient concepts and issues through the lens of signature pedagogies as an analytical framework.The artsand design professions covered in this book are: music, dance, theatre, fashion design, design and media, and fine art. Chaptersin the book present a combination ofreflective accounts, in-depth analyses, and empirical research findings, shedding light on theeducation of students for productiveand meaningful careers in the artsand design. They examine how concepts, issues, methods, and practices relateto habits of themind, hand, and heart. Pedagogical insights on creative uncertainty, designerly formations, evocative ambiguity, generative apprenticeship, reflexivity, transition, truth, and artistic tradition and heritage are explored with nuance and depth. The book constitutes a collective effort of artist-educators at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Singapore, in documenting a shared institutional heritage, which is continually rejuvenated through critical engagement with contemporary challenges. They examine the tensions embedded in the signature pedagogies and possible solutions to address them at the micro- (e.g. classroom or practicum), meso- (e.g. program), and macro- (e.g. institution) levels. In the process, the book highlights research issues and directions for arts education researchers, whilealso offering ideas that artist-educators can explore and incorporate intotheir teaching.