myblog | Bo Choy | Activity https://myblog.arts.ac.uk/members/22048707/activity/ Activity feed for Bo Choy. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 21:21:44 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 c09442e3525cd4ac26ae2b932df48d6e Bo Choy wrote a new post on the site Bo's PGCert blog https://bochoy.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=62 Tue, 16 Jan 2024 23:28:00 +0000 Unexpectedly the term decolonise caused quite a bit of stir in the respondents, perhaps using “broadening ways of seeing” or using the term “non-Western” in the research question will bring the focus a bit mor […]

]]> 0 b0f5a2d064aa01cb6fe8b49f5162cc67 Bo Choy wrote a new post on the site Bo's PGCert blog https://bochoy.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=42 Tue, 16 Jan 2024 13:27:36 +0000 Final Presentation slides

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]]> 0 562e0022259a095c7e54d98e52a0fea8 Bo Choy wrote a new post on the site Bo's PGCert blog https://bochoy.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=41 Wed, 10 Jan 2024 20:54:27 +0000 Abdulla, D., Cisneros, T., Francke, A., et, al. (2020) Decolonizing: The Curriculum, the Museum and the Mind, Vilnius: Vilnius Academy of Arts Press 

Akussah, A., Hanskika, J., Panesar, L., Patel, R., 2018, […]

]]> 0 19f619a580a61ce6e99493dfbe0a1f06 Bo Choy wrote a new post on the site Bo's PGCert blog https://bochoy.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=40 Wed, 10 Jan 2024 20:27:10 +0000 As a student and now a lecturer from the Far East, I personally experienced thechallenges of navigating my own heritage in a fine art curriculum that ispredominantly rooted in Western art history and aesthetics. […]

]]> 0 db8f811d32ffc502d15dd74761651508 Bo Choy wrote a new post on the site Bo's PGCert blog https://bochoy.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=43 Mon, 08 Jan 2024 20:08:42 +0000 Gantt Chart I made at the end of November when finalising the research question

Action research cycle at the start of the project c. November

]]> 0 2139e8c394e86391c1c034dbed26d668 Bo Choy wrote a new post on the site Bo's PGCert blog https://bochoy.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=39 Mon, 08 Jan 2024 20:03:43 +0000 Information Sheet

Consent Form

The consent form and information sheet I followed quite closely to the sample forms on Moodle, hence there was little amendments made. I made sure the research questions and […]

]]> 0 a6769a418c54544c777f39821d1b562d Bo Choy wrote a new post on the site Bo's PGCert blog https://bochoy.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=34 Mon, 08 Jan 2024 18:35:42 +0000 Bo-Choy-Ethical-Enquiry-Form-2023-signedDownload

After two iterations of corrections, this is the final version of the Ethics form. There have been major corrections to arrive at this third version. A […]

]]> 0 5110572b09fbe7188a6e78c7a5cbc204 Bo Choy wrote a new post on the site Bo's PGCert blog https://bochoy.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=33 Mon, 08 Jan 2024 18:34:16 +0000 Primary research

I have used a combination of interview and questionnaire. I have chosen to interview five member of staff and to send a questionnaire to five students (both alumni and current students), out […]

]]> 0 ad7602fceb41034f6bdde6a8f87c001a Bo Choy wrote a new post on the site Bo's PGCert blog https://bochoy.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=30 Mon, 08 Jan 2024 18:13:17 +0000 My research question looks at what decolonising or non-Western ways of seeing within fine art mean, ways to achieve it and how to implement them in our teaching practice.  The purpose of the project is to i […]

]]> 0 966366b4b63347f840d8ea95f992095b Bo Choy wrote a new post on the site Bo's PGCert blog https://bochoy.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=29 Mon, 08 Jan 2024 18:07:18 +0000 note to reader: I have adopted an essay form of approach to summarise and evaluate my project findings as I find this method best capture the qualitative data I collected from both primary and secondary sources […]

]]> 0 592d0f7a0f83ce583e438224b5947b8b Bo Choy wrote a new post on the site Bo's PGCert blog https://bochoy.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=27 Wed, 22 Nov 2023 13:20:57 +0000 Initially I wanted to use focus groups for my primary research. One focus group comprising of staff members and one of students. However, my tutor directed me to this paper which highlights the ethics and […]

]]> 0 8f6f56a30474acd20464f041880016ae Bo Choy wrote a new post on the site Bo's PGCert blog https://bochoy.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=26 Wed, 15 Nov 2023 13:18:00 +0000 On reflecting on my questions for my questionnaire, I wondered about whether the term “decolonise mean the same for everyone.

A bit of context, my project is to look at widening ways of seeing in fine art / […]

]]> 0 f0b75606b831160c44c3300c8a0d5a1c Bo Choy posted a new activity comment https://pgcertalixbizet.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2023/05/21/interview-with-saffron-mustafa-shades-of-noir/#comment-8 Thu, 13 Jul 2023 10:32:33 +0000 Thanks for your insightful comments Alix. I found the article intriguing particularly because I myself am a Muslim convert living in the UK. As ethnically Chinese, my experience is different from Saffron and her family. I think it hinges largely on how much you outwardly manifest your faith, and this is significant for Islam as outward expression…Read more

In reply to - Alix Bizet wrote a new post on the site Alix Bizet This interview embodies perfectly some of the concepts discussed in the previous resource while giving a unique voice to someone affected by the question of […] ]]> e199318738cf4487c1926d65e49f7a29 Bo Choy posted a new activity comment https://pgcertalixbizet.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2023/05/21/religion-in-britain-challenges-for-higher-education/#comment-9 Thu, 13 Jul 2023 10:31:27 +0000 Another favourite term that developers use is “vibrant”…

Your post brings to mind the debate surrounding the 2016 Brexit referendum. The multiculturalism that London prides itself of was evidently not shared by the rest of the UK. Eighteen of the twenty years of my experience living in the UK has been based in London, I didn’t realise that…Read more

In reply to - Alix Bizet wrote a new post on the site Alix Bizet After reading Multiculturalism, Minority Identities and The Public Sphere, it was clear that we could question the notion of inclusivity and respect the […] ]]> 5fbccc44c434ccda2fd8dde4acf0e1d2 Bo Choy posted a new activity comment https://bochoy.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2023/06/26/inclusive-practice-blog-task-3/#comment-12 Wed, 12 Jul 2023 05:11:18 +0000 That would be a game changer. Changes have been made to the course to make it more inclusive for less academic students to excel and I believe dropping assessment could help them really focus on what they are interested in rather than pleasing the system/tutors. I have seen this work very well at Slade and at Weisensee, one of the other Berlin art…Read more

In reply to - Bo Choy wrote a new post on the site Bo's PGCert blog I have really enjoyed using the Shades of Noir resource throughout this unit. Some of the case studies it published, unfortunately, resonate with my own […] ]]> 0e6c3bb4a114c8b8e01b4bf1fb6360f8 Bo Choy posted a new activity comment https://bochoy.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2023/06/26/inclusive-practice-blog-task-2/#comment-11 Wed, 12 Jul 2023 05:07:15 +0000 Thank you Denise for your comment and your reference. Voice is such an under-spoken term on our course. Thank you for brining this forward. For fine art students, they find their voices through aesthetic representations. Often the borrow tropes from whatever paradigm they gravitates towards. It is us the tutors’ role to be open to all paradigms…Read more

In reply to - Bo Choy wrote a new post on the site Bo's PGCert blog The paper points out some obvious points about secularism in higher education and in the west and inherent contradictions. What jumped out to me was the […] ]]> 5b8a1fa60e30dafcddfa33496cabfba0 Bo Choy posted a new activity comment https://bochoy.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2023/06/19/inclusive-practice-blog-post-responses-on-disability/#comment-8 Sun, 09 Jul 2023 07:01:19 +0000 Absolutely. I have had to think about my own access issue recently because of an impending knee surgery which will result in inability to walk properly for a short period of time. Then I realised it significantly limited my ability to work on my campus as involves a lot of walking across buildings. I would have to significantly reduce the number…Read more

In reply to - Bo Choy wrote a new post on the site Bo's PGCert blog Responding to a film by Christie Sun Kim The highlight of the film for me is when she said she wishes we could hear with the eyes. It was amazing to see how […] ]]> 56b70039cb5fcd2366004edc2c9ae47c Bo Choy posted a new activity comment https://bochoy.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2023/06/26/inclusive-practice-blog-task-2/#comment-7 Sun, 09 Jul 2023 06:55:46 +0000 Thank you Alix for your comment and suggestions! The quote by Masschelein and Simons reinforced the Freieran idea of students and tutors being co-producers of knowledge. As tutors we often forget that we are helping them grow rather than getting it “right”. However, the assessment and grading system that students are used to from the get-go is…Read more

In reply to - Bo Choy wrote a new post on the site Bo's PGCert blog The paper points out some obvious points about secularism in higher education and in the west and inherent contradictions. What jumped out to me was the […] ]]> 34a80ea51c3f49704077ba42bca78785 Bo Choy wrote a new post on the site Bo's PGCert blog https://bochoy.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=24 Mon, 26 Jun 2023 15:10:25 +0000 I have really enjoyed using the Shades of Noir resource throughout this unit. Some of the case studies it published, unfortunately, resonate with my own experience. And some, I have to admit, are also mistakes […]

]]> 2 0a44ad3aa6d3fe346ec41f5bd1d5355e Bo Choy wrote a new post on the site Bo's PGCert blog https://bochoy.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=22 Mon, 26 Jun 2023 15:09:27 +0000 The paper points out some obvious points about secularism in higher education and in the west and inherent contradictions. What jumped out to me was the discussion on freedom of speech and prejudices against […]

]]> 4 2fd12582a157fb1d1a7ce71673d7c984 Bo Choy wrote a new post on the site Bo's PGCert blog https://bochoy.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=21 Mon, 19 Jun 2023 14:33:18 +0000 Responding to a film by Christie Sun Kim

The highlight of the film for me is when she said she wishes we could hear with the eyes. It was amazing to see how she uses different medium to translate one sense […]

]]> 2 94d34b7eb441f042efc71f19ea92cf00 Bo Choy wrote a new post on the site Bo's PGCert blog https://bochoy.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=18 Wed, 22 Mar 2023 17:47:52 +0000 Crits is a central part of art school and often seen as a rites of passage. However, it is also a stress-inducing model. From my own experience and on reflection, I think the reliance on crits in art school for […]

]]> 0 9c40579047e203235b0704ee26611ee7 Bo Choy posted a new activity comment https://bochoy.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2023/01/08/paolo-freire-and-the-conversation/#comment-4 Wed, 22 Mar 2023 14:56:50 +0000 Thank you for your comment! I don’t think categorising particular students as the “oppressed” would be useful as it creates further division. Students come from all sorts of backgrounds, wealth is definitely a privilege and gives you an advantage but it is by no means the only one. Parents’ education, cultural capital one grew up with or even as…Read more

In reply to - Bo Choy wrote a new post on the site Bo's PGCert blog For the first introductory meeting, I chose the book by Paolo Freire The Pedagogy of the Oppressed, a book that I had wanted to read for a long time but hadn’t […] ]]> 8532edc5e4073e834f8819de0f30badd Bo Choy wrote a new post on the site Bo's PGCert blog https://bochoy.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=15 Sat, 18 Feb 2023 17:53:00 +0000 It was a fruitful day today. I am grateful for the diversity of teaching practices that my cohort presented. I learned a lot from observing my fellow classmates’ teaching. I have compiled a summary of feedback […]

]]> 0 ef9bed59d383232432a764a8a5850267 Bo Choy wrote a new post on the site Bo's PGCert blog https://bochoy.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=11 Sat, 04 Feb 2023 13:57:39 +0000 Notes from “Innovative pedagogies series: Wow: The power of objects in object-based learning and teaching” by Dr Kirsten Hardie, Associate Professor Arts University Bournemouth

Why OBL?

to develop […]

]]> 0 4b0da8877bb981512f880ae23471f899 Bo Choy wrote a new post on the site Bo's PGCert blog https://bochoy.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=5 Wed, 25 Jan 2023 10:55:00 +0000 The Allan Davies article on learning outcomes (LOs) and assessment criteria (AC) in art and design provides very good food for thought for designing learning outcomes. (Article link.)

The article essentially […]

]]> 0 1f01a3e889a74a0bea79667d92d4b41c Bo Choy wrote a new post on the site Bo's PGCert blog https://bochoy.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=13 Sat, 21 Jan 2023 14:17:00 +0000 I had a nice conversation with a colleague and also a fellow PGCert student, about conversations in tutorials and crits. He agreed with the primacy of this in our teaching. He also remembered Victoria Odenyini, a […]

]]> 1 91d25386adb0f841bbdd2f0b49b8c4ac Bo Choy wrote a new post on the site Bo's PGCert blog https://bochoy.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=6 Tue, 03 Jan 2023 10:56:09 +0000 For the first introductory meeting, I chose the book by Paolo Freire The Pedagogy of the Oppressed, a book that I had wanted to read for a long time but hadn’t had an opportunity until now.

The key point for […]

]]> 2 2cda50699316c5313ac99fe6ad5d1d8e Bo Choy wrote a new post on the site Bo's PGCert blog https://bochoy.myblog.arts.ac.uk/?p=1 Tue, 03 Jan 2023 10:36:04 +0000 My name is Bo Choy. I teach on BA Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art. I hope to get out of the course the ability to discern each student’s needs and tailor my teaching to them as well as improve my ability to […]

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