End of Module Evaluation.

Learning Outcome	Evidenced where? Blog, Visual Journal, Roughs, Final Illustrations, Storyboards, Development Sheets etc.  (No more than 75 words)	Your grade Using words: > poor, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent
5A1 Demonstrate a critical understanding of the aesthetic, cultural, historical, technological, social, political or other contexts relevant to individual subject disciplines. (Knowledge and understanding) (Research / critical awareness)	I have collected a large amount of research from a verity of sources for example, books , TV, Newsarticals and journals.  By using a wide range of resources, this enabled me to gain different opinions on the subject I was tackling, and taking in all of the views into account enabled me to form my own point of view. I also increased my cirital awareness on the topic of gender and masculinity , building a bigger picture of the effects be that positive or negative if one gender was to be seen as superior over the other.	Excellent.
5A2 Demonstrate an awareness of the relationship between the theoretical and practical contexts of their own creative concerns. (Knowledge and understanding) (problem analysis/definition)	From analysis the chosen piece of research I was then able to find ideas and themes that could be applied to my practical investigation. Articles from papers was a source that I found useful. The Daily Mail piece about ‘Legs- it’. This article perfectly illustrates the points that I was making about the way female MPs are viewed. And this evoked my anger and gave me then main theme for my investigation.	Excellent.
5B1 Evidence the ability to use logic, reasoning and critical judgement to analyse ideas from a range of primary and secondary sources. (Cognitive skills) (Critical awareness)	I have taken opinions and theories from a wide range of resources and from this been able to carry out my own, individual research into the subject. I found from looking into others theories such as ‘The default man’- (Grayson Perry’s book The decent of man), and adopting that theory I was able to then able to find connections in texts and debate with the points following further research.	Very Good.
5C1 Evidence the capacity for undertaking practical and theoretical research that demonstrates an informed application of critical, effective and testable processes. (Practical and professional skills) (research)	I took into consideration the ideas and views of others, formed my own and started to produce work based on that. I then did further research into my subject in order to enhances my understanding and looked into the work of practicing artist and experimented with new process, for example the protest embroidery of Shannon Downey.  This was ideal because taking on a technique of image making that I had never tried before and that was traditional feminine, allowed me to challenge that stigma and still produce work that has the aim of showing empowerment and freedom.	Excellent.
5D1 Organise and carry out self-directed projects and communicate outcomes through written and other appropriate forms. (Key transferable skills) (professionalism / technical competence / visual quality)	I have kept up to date with task set, attended all sessions and successful completed written and practical investigations. I also feel I have successfully communicated my subject theme through both written and practical exploration, because, from doing a wide amount of research and finding theories and ideas that I either agreed or disagreed with, I formed my own opinions. From this I was then able to highlight key points of interest and build up my practical investigation.	Excellent .

Summative Evaluation (See Evaluation Guidance on next page for more information)

You are required to write a 750 word Summative Evaluation of this module.

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I knew that from the start of the module that I wanted to investigate and research issues relating to gender equality, and in particular feminism. I have found increasingly that this is a really important issue for me and I hold a strong interest and opinion towards it. After seeing Emma Watsons speech that she made at the UN summit a few years ago , I found myself strongly agreeing with some of the statements she made. But as I have discovered by doing the research for this module it was a subject that I knew little about. The main conclusion that I drew from this project is that gender really dose need to be equal, for the befits of both sexes. I started off my investigation but reading Grayson Perry new book ‘The Decent of Man’. In it he tries to tackles the subject of masculinity in society and the impact it is having. This was a excellent resource to go to, firstly because Perry comes from the very unique perspective of being a transsexual. He part takes in both what societies states are male and female activities for example riding motor bikes and wearing dresses. His opinion, I thought was valuable as he does have some understanding into both sides of the argument. But whilst reading it felt like Perry’s overall view of masculinity was that it was a negative influence within society. This was when he constructed the theory of the ‘Default Man.’ I found this point extremely important and true, especially within the political sector. This theory then became the center in which my investigation revolved around. Sparking off from this I collected different views and theories into what would the possibilities and consequence of have a gender equal society. A report issued by The Samaritans was a turning point in my opinion gender equality. The report investigated into the causes of male suicide. It stated that a loss of masculine power was a cause of men ending their own lives. So, therefore my opinion from believing that women need to have more power over men, to now that has to be completely equal in order to try and prevent things like this happening. Women and Men need to be given equal power and rights and the stigmas for both genders eliminated. But it remains and seems that some male perceptions of women still have influences within popular culture. ‘The Male Gaze’ – (Laura Mulvey) was another key theory. She claimed that cinema played a significant role in the gender divide. The image of having the strong male hero, who is dominant, powerful and in control and women objectified and made to fit for the heterosexual man’s desire.  This theory was then reflected and in some ways proved, within a recent article published by The Daily Mirror, objectifying two most prominent female politicians currently in the UK, by the way they were dressed. From this as a starting point it enabled me to develop the subject for my practical investigation. I gained a greater understanding into my subject of this by reading books, such as Catlin Moran’s ‘How to be a woman’ and researching further feminist theories. My aim was to tackle this part of the module with an experimental approach. I initially felt that the A5 book was very restrictive and was hesitant to start, as I normally like to work large scale and do a large amount of test prints. However, I found as I went through it that it was useful way of seeing my development and it helped me gain a greater understanding of where my project was going and allowed me to organize my thought process. Thus, it helped me push myself to experiment more with different materials and mediums such as screen printing, fabric and painting straight into the book. The end result, the final book, I am overall happy and pleased with how my experimental approach has helped me to create some colourful and interesting piece. I think that I have shown the female from in a new and unobjectfing way, whilst employing some of the theories visited in my essay and that of current practitioners such as Shannon Downey. I regret not screen printing more onto the fabrics as the initial experiments of this where clearer that what I was drawing /printing was anatomical. But this process was very time consuming and time was tight at the end so I painted straight onto the fabric using the printing ink. This worked well, as I was able to make piece faster, larger and found it less restrictive as I was able to cover most of the material with the shapes and colour. Colour theory may have been useful to look into as well , as I picked the colours mainly based on aesthetical reasons, not thinking much about the connotations that go with them. In the future, as well I need to get my thoughts and key points in paper more and plan them. My essay question started out way too big and was not focused, as such I overcame this by going back and looking at what my ideas were and what I was aiming for. I needed to have done this sooner and so I need to take time next module to link up my ideas as so I can create a constructive and focused argument.