The Change Lab
The Change Lab, was designed as a model of practice to integrate Global Citizenship Education into the Professional Master of Education (PME) programme in the National College of Art and Design.
The Change Lab instils in the student teacher a strong commitment and motivation to teach for social justice and sustainability through the lens of their practice as artist -researchers. Each year the Change Lab consists of the student teachers working in groups of three and four in the NCAD gallery space, for a 3-weeks period, to create a body of art work that critically reflects social injustices and unsustainable practices that define our time. The Change Lab fosters a space where they can explore how their art practice has a social, ethical and cultural dimension as they create work that investigates complex, real world problems. How the student on the PME programme respond, research and create work through the lens of their practice as an artist, researcher and teacher is integral to the methodology of learning and teaching of Visual Art in post primary education.
The Change Lab is designed and led by School of Education staff members in NCAD. Fiona King, Programme Leader of the Professional Master of Education programme & Tony Murphy Lecturer in Education in collaboration with Anne Kelly, Programme Curator, NCAD Gallery.
“... the educational gesture must remain hesitant and gentle…” (Biesta, 2017)
Recognising the essential nature of care, and the complete devaluation of care work, we sought to imagine what a pedagogy of care might look like. Acknowledging that our current system of education promotes individualism, competition, and academic performance, we pose the question ‘How do we care?’. Is there a place and space for small radical gestures of care in our school system?
Alanna O’Donnell, Chun Zhu Wang, Emily Ní Bhroin, Fiona O’Dowd.
