Staff Profile:Gill Hopper
- Name:
- Ms Gill Hopper
- Job Title:
- Lecturer in Art and Design in Education
- Responsibilities:
Main responsibilities in the Institute:
- Head of Art department
- Course Leader for BA (Ed) Art
- Admissions Tutor for BA (Ed) ART
- Convenor for Arts Research Group[SJG1]
- Alternate convenor for BA (Ed) Art Subject Group
- Member of the Research Committee
- London Road Development: Art advisor and coordinator.
- Teaching: BA (Ed) Art Years 1-4: Studio practice: painting; printing; textiles; sculpture;
- BA (Ed) Module Leader: BA (Ed) Years 1-4: Contemporary Art and Art Education; Art and Studio Practice; Subject Specialism Dissertation;
- BA (Ed) supervision of students on teaching placement;
- BA (Ed) personal tutor (40 students);
- Contribute to PGCE secondary Art.[
Current and recent Research students
- Sarah Shah
- Paul Chambers
Current and recent Research Projects
- 2010 The attitudes, values and perceptions of BA (Ed) Art ITT students
- 2009-10 Embedding Global Citizenship in Art [1,600. RETF funded]
- 2009-10 Arts Students constructing a teacher identity
- 2006- 10 Global Citizenship in Art [3000. DfID/ESD/GC funded]
- Areas of Interest:
Expertise and research interest [able to supervise at PhD and Masters level]:
- Art and the primary school;
- Art and Gender;
- Cultural Diversity and Global Citizenship in Art.
- Research groups / Centres:
The Arts Group
- Publications:
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Recent publications/conference papers/professional achievements:
- Developing dispositions…beyond sustainability and diversity in art.: London Southbank University, UK TE ESD/GC Network Conference July 2011;
- Awarded the degree of PhD July 2011;
- Submitted PhD thesis January 2011;
- Embedding Global Citizenship in Art: Is it working? BERA conference September 2010;
- The impact and effectiveness of GC in Art in ITE provision and beyond. UK /ESD/GC / ITE conference Southbank University July 2009;
- Arts Students Constructing a Teacher identity. BERA September 2009;
- Global Citizenship in the Arts UK ESD/GC ITE conference Southbank University July 2008.
Publications:
- Hopper, G (2011)Developing dispositions…beyond sustainability and diversity in art. UK ESD/GC ITE Network. Southbank University (on line publication);
- Hopper, G (2009) The impact and effectiveness of GC in Art in ITE provision and beyond. UK ESD/GC ITE Network. Southbank University (on line publication);
- Hopper, G (2007) Assessment in Art in the Primary school, in The Problem of Assessment in Art and Design edited by Trevor Rayment. Intellect Bristol;
- Hopper, G (2007)Art and Global Citizenship in Initial Teacher Training in Making a difference: global citizenship in Initial Teacher Training CCCI London Southbank University.
Enterprise activity, external roles and consultancy:
- Project Leader for Global Citizenship in the Arts a collaborative project with RISC (Reading International Solidarity Centre);
- Developing links with local schools through Global Citizenship and Art projects;
- Member of UK ESD/GC ITE Network Steering Group;
- Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts.