Feedback

Liz Lermans Critical Response Process (CRP) - plus variations

on the classic form

*Other principles of good feedback practice:

1. Facilitates the development of self-assessment (reflection) in learning.
2. Encourages teacher and peer dialogue around learning.
3. Helps clarify what good performance is (goals, criteria, expected
standards).

4. Provides opportunities to close the gap between current and desired

performance.

5. Delivers high quality information to students about their learning.

6. Encourages positive motivational beliefs and self-esteem
7. Provides information to teachers that can be used to help shape the
teaching.

*Nicol, D., & Macfarlane-Dick, D. (2004)

Why Liz Lerman?

! Critical Response Process (CRP)
The kind of feedback that makes you eager to get back to work on the
artwork, the project or the performance under consideration

! Safe | Artist-centred | Empowering

! Perfect for groupwork
! Existing links with the Guildhall School
! Complements other good feedback practice

CRP Roles
! Artist
! Presenting a work in progress
! Can question their work in somewhat public environment
! Interested in its future evolution

! Responders
! 5 to 12 is optimum
! They must sincerely want the artist to do their best work, not
something only as a good as your last work

! Facilitator
! Translator / Traffic Cop / Coach
! Deepening the dialogue

CRP Steps
1. Statements of Meaning
2. Artist as Questioner
3. Neutral Questions from Responders
4. Permissioned Opinions

CRP Steps
Statements of Meaning
What has meaning for you about what youve just seen?
What was stimulating, surprising, evocative, memorable, touching,
meaningful for you?
Nothing is too small to notice
Starts to reveal values

CRP Steps
Artist as Questioner
The art of asking the most useful questions
Avoiding extremes: not to general, not too specific
Avoiding closed questions (on the whole) and opinion polling
Responders must stay on topic
Role of the facilitator (including pre-session discussion)

CRP Steps
Neutral Questions from Responders
What kind of texture were you going for? as opposed to Whys the cake
so dry?!
Avoiding questions that contain hidden opinions or advice:
Do you really understand what this song is about? contains the
embedded opinion Your interpretation of the song shows that you dont
comprehend its meaning
A more neutral question would be: How did you prepare your
interpretation of the song?
Turning opinions into neutral questions again reveals underlying values
Encourages more reflective thinking from the artist

CRP Steps
Permissioned Opinions
I have an opinion about XYZ, would you like to hear it?
The Limbic System! Avoiding putting the artist in defence mode
Initially-held opinions have often changed throughout the process
Can also be a revisiting of step one