Kate Dunstone

I am a design educator and researcher, interested in how we teach and learn design.

Since completing an MA in Design and Art Direction at Manchester School of Art, I’ve worked in higher education and arts engagement, leading to continuing research with an MA in Higher Education.

I teach contextual studies and product design at Manchester Metropolitan University and the University of Chester.

Writing

Dunstone, K. (2024) “Communities of practice in art and design teaching in higher education: Considering the literature”, Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 12(1), pp. 76 – 91. 
Available at: https://jpaap.ac.uk/JPAAP/article/view/569/699

Dunstone, K. (2023) How We Teach: Signature pedagogies in art and design
Inspir-ed Ideas. Available at: https://inspiredideas.uk/2023/05/02/77-how-we-teach-signature-pedagogies-in-art-and-design-kate-dunstone/

Dunstone, K. (2021) “Newcomer to Expert Practitioner: Identifying emerging communities of practice in extra-curricular student engagement activities in art and design”
Student Engagement in Higher Education Journal, 3(2), pp. 17–25. Available at: https://sehej.raise-network.com/raise/article/view/1034

Dunstone, K. (2016) “A Personal Reflection on the use of Microteaching in Creative Disciplines”
Learning and Teaching in Action, 11(2) pp.70-74. Manchester Metropolitan University (Online).

Conferences

RAISE Conference 2019, Newcastle University
Paper title: Illuminating the learning and teaching experiences of undergraduate students in extracurricular art and design activities

RAISE Conference 2018, Sheffield Hallam University
Paper title: Shaping Collaboration: Understanding Student/Staff Collaborations Through Visualisation

Evaluating Methods of Aesthetic Enquiry across Disciplines, 2018, University of Manchester
Workshop title: Aesthetics and Design

Decorating Dissidence: Modernism, Feminism & the Arts, 2017, Queen Mary University of London
Paper title: Craft as Conversation: How conversation through and with the act of crafting can function to generate and share knowledge

RAISE Conference 2015, Nottingham Conference Centre
Paper title: Büro: Demonstrating the use of collaborative making to enhance post-graduate art student experience

coLAB, 2015, Ny Space Manchester
Unconference organiser and presenter

Design Principles and Practices Conference, 2015, University Center Chicago
Paper title: Social Making: Exploring Design Methodologies as Catalyst for Engagement and Interaction