Sarah Williamson

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Biography

Sarah Williamson is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education and Professional Development at the University of Huddersfield. She specialises in the arts and teacher education for the post-compulsory sector and teaches on undergraduate, postgraduate and Master’s level courses. In collaboration with partners including the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (HCMF), as part of her PGCE students’ training, Sarah has developed a series of ‘Pop-Up Art Schools’ which have offered temporary, exciting and informal creative experiences in communities, art galleries and schools. Sarah researches the transformative impact of the arts in professional education, and she has published and presented in the field of arts, society and education. She is an invited member of an international research team funded by 2 Canadian SSHRC grants to investigate and develop pedagogic and research practices in galleries and museums.

In 2018, Sarah was one of 6 lecturers shortlisted from UK universities for the Times Higher Education 'Most Innovative Teacher' award

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Research Output 2013 2019

4 Chapter
2 Article

Exploration: Cabinets of Curiosities - Playing with Artefacts in Professional Teacher Education

Williamson, S., 1 Feb 2019, The Power of Play in Higher Education: Creativity in Tertiary Learning. James, A. & Nerantzi, C. (eds.). 1st ed. Palgrave Macmillan Ltd., p. 103-111 9 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

artifact

teacher

education

sixteenth century

seventeenth century

The Feminist Museum Hack as an aesthetic practice of possibility

Clover, D. & Williamson, S., 7 May 2019, In : European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults. 10, 2, p. 143-159 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

File

museum

aesthetics

art

objectification

work environment

Pop-Up Art Schools and the ‘Carnivalesque'

Williamson, S., 2017, Informal Learning: Perspectives, Challenges and Opportunities. Rutherford, S. (ed.). Nova Science Publishers Inc

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

art

creativity

school

informal learning

chaos

Practical teaching

Dixon, E., Harvey, J., Powell, D., Thompson, R. & Williamson, S., 2015, Teaching in lifelong learning: A guide to theory and practice. Avis, J., Fisher, R. & Thompson, R. (eds.). 2nd ed. Open University Press, p. 127-154 28 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

1 Citation (Scopus)