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- Nikita Hickey
Cubism-Inspired Portraits
These artworks were created by secondary school students during my school placement, as
part of my action research project: How the use of Different Modes of Feedback can Influence
Students Engagement and Confidence within the Art Room: Teacher, Peer, Self. The Unit of
Learning for this project was ‘Cubism-Inspired Portraits’ with the theme ‘Role Model’. These
students composed a design that captures and includes identifying objects, hobbies, and
features of their chosen role model through observing images of this persons face from
different viewpoints.
This research project sought to explore and evaluate the effects of using different modes of
feedback on students confidence and engagement within the art room. The three different
types of feedback utilized were teacher, peer, and students self-reflection. The aims of this
study included: Identifying students previous opinions on formative feedback, evaluating if
students opinions change through participating with this research project, identifying if
students ‘use’ the feedback they receive or disregard it, exploring any gaps in relation to the
types of feedback used within the classroom to give students the opportunity to learn and
improve. Through the exploration of different modes of feedback throughout this research
project, in conjunction with the analysis of data collections, the research can conclude that
this feedback process did have some effect on students in relation to their confidence and
engagement with the art project.