1: Microteaching – Object Based Learning Workshop Plan (Draft)
Aim: Learn how to manipulate fabric to create an object or a design feature.
WORKSHOP TITLE
Manipulating Fabric – 9th February 2024
TECHNICIAN
Andrea Marfo
TARGET COURSES
PGCert Peers group
OPTIMUM CLASS SIZE
7 students
DURATION
20mins
PREP TIME / CLEARUP TIME
10 mins (To lay objects, fabrics and sewing equipment and resources)
RESOURCES REQUIRED
A room with a table and chairs for up to 10 people.
LAST UPDATE
February 2024
LEARNING OUTCOME SUMMARY
Students will be able to: Identify how to manipulate fabric, identify how different fabric behave and react, learn one fabric manipulation, learn how to observe an object and give feedback, work in a group, learn the basics of how to thread a needle and hand stitching.
DURATION
TEACHING PLAN
STUDENT ACTIVITY
5 mins
Get the learners to introduce themselves. Make the objectives know to the learner. To introduce yourself and the aim of objective / Ice breaker (to ask about the learner if they know anything about the topic or object (Fan). To also share the house keeping and safety rules 1 min for the to observe the object through the five senses (Feedback) Pass them fans around the class and tell them to think of the five senses while observing the object. Talk about the history of the Ghanaian fan, the fabric-wax cotton, is usually an African print and Kente fabric. Used in the farmers market, homes, weddings. 1 min to talk to their peers about the object (feedback)
Ice Break, pass them fan and tell them to think and use the five sense – touch, sight, hearing, smell, and tasteFeedback with one word to describe. A physical description of the object
2 mins
Demo how to thread a needle and how to do a quick pleats and tuck
Observe demo
10 mins
Observe the learner, help them if the set stuck, engage them, the activities inclusive.
Use the fan as source of inspiration. Tell them to use they five sense to pick their fabric 1-2mins Independent Practice of doing they own fabric manipulation, let the fabric, and choose their fabric using the five sense – – touch, sight, hearing, smell, and taste.Get them to engage with their peers.
3-5 mins
Concluding the task, learning outcomes, Feedback and Question Recap on the aim. Ask Learner to discuss in the group what they learn What are differences between the different fabrics.
ask any question, Tell me one thing you learned. How did you fix the exercise, Emotional, Physical and did it bring back any memory positive or negatively?
ASSESSMENT METHODS
Observing the student to explore the object and practicing the tuck and pleat fabric manipulation. Students to think about while doing the task. Learning the five basic human senses: touch, sight, hearing, smell, and taste. Through picking their fabric.
HYPERLINKS AND SUPPORTING LEARNING REFERNCES
The art of manipulating fabric / Colette Wolff. UAL Library
HEALTH AND SAFETY / NOTES
Health and safety- Be careful using the Needle and scissors, please do not point the scissor or needle at each another. Please share the requirements
