Dr Madeleine Fiona Sclater
Dr Madeleine Fiona Sclater
- PhD Co-orindator
- ORCID
https://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7562-3363- Professional Title
- Reader in Art and Design Education
- Job Title
- PhD Co-orindator
- School or Academic Area
- Mackintosh School of Architecture
- School or Academic Area Supervised for
- Mackintosh School of Architecture
- M.Sclater@gsa.ac.uk
- Professional Address
- 167 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, G3 6RF
- Country
- UK, Scotland
Biography
I am an academic, writer and interdisciplinary researcher widely published in Art and Design Education, focusing on digital transformation in creative contexts. My research examines how ethics, learning design, and emerging technologies intersect with learning spaces, and the sociopolitical and cultural influences that shape learning. I have pioneered innovative methodologies that support practice- based learning across distributed, blended, studio environments. I have conducted extensive technology enhanced learning research in a variety of settings, using arts- based methods and advanced technologies to foster collaborative creativity and empower learners to become investigators of their practice. I have researched how virtual worlds (Second Life) can support young people’s transitions through narrative inquiry: photography and film-making. My research advances theoretical and methodological innovation—thematic and discourse analysis, photo voice, and Activity Theory—to sustain virtual learning communities, enhance well-being, address ethical concerns & develop participatory pedagogies for social justice and intercultural education.
PGR Supervision Interests
I welcome interdisciplinary proposals (practice-based/thesis) - digital transformation, creative engagement, education for sustainability, health & wellbeing, intercultural learning, decolonisation, equity, inclusion, gender equality etc, contextualised across fields e.g. health, education, community, public/private sector.
Current PGR Students
Julia Römer - Thesis title: ‘Green’ School Diaries - Primary School Learners’ Experiential Understanding of Sustainability Education
Former PGR Students
1) Dr Marianne McAra (2017) Participatory design with young people: exploring the experiential, relational and contextual dimensions of participation. PhD thesis, The Glasgow School of Art.
2) Dr Lorraine Marshalsey (2017) An investigation into the experiential impact of sensory affect in contemporary Communication Design studio
education. PhD thesis, The Glasgow School of Art.
3) Dr Mirian Rodriguez Calvo (2019) Co-design and Informal-Mutual Learning: A Context-Based Study Demystified Using Cultural-Historical Activity Theory. PhD thesis, The Glasgow School of Art
4) Dr Saoirse Higgins (2020) Survival Tools of the Anthropocene. PhD thesis, The Glasgow School of Art. (Third supervisor)
5) Dr Ziwei Wang (2022) Using design thinking to develop a new narrative-based career construction counselling model for young people in life transitions. PhD thesis, The Glasgow School of Art.
6) Dr Ying Zhang (2024) Exploring the role of Virtual Reality technology to support the development of creative practice in visual arts education: an in-depth case study of graffiti art. PhD thesis, The Glasgow School of Art.
Teaching
I have a record of excellence in learning & teaching and teach into the Research Degrees Training Programme.
At GSA, I was Senior Academic Fellow in Digital Learning (2015-2025) and led the Masters in Learning, Teaching and Supervisory Practices in the Creative Disciplines (2017-2024). I directed the Cross School Postgraduate Electives (2013-2024) and convened the Undergraduate and Postgraduate Ethics Committee.
GSA Institutional Lead for Scottish Enhancement Themes: Developing Resilient Learning Communities (2020-2023)
I served as external examiner for the BA in Education and Design and Fine Art at National College of Art and Design, Dublin (2020-2024).
Latest Additions
- Sclater, Madeleine Fiona (2021) Hybrid Spaces: Re-imagining pedagogy, practice and research for creativity in unforeseen times. International Journal of Art and Design Education, 40 (4). pp. 672-675. ISSN Print: 1476-8062 Electronic: 1476-8070
- Calvo, Mirian and Sclater, Madeleine Fiona (2021) Creating Spaces for Collaboration in Community Co‐design. International Journal of Art & Design Education, 40 (1). pp. 232-250. ISSN 1476-8062
- Marshalsey, Lorraine and Sclater, Madeleine Fiona (2020) Together but Apart: Creating and Supporting Online Learning Communities in an Era of Distributed Studio Education. International Journal of Art & Design Education, 39 (4). pp. 826-840. ISSN 1476-8062
- Sclater, Madeleine, ed. (2019) Special Issue: Creating spaces: Inclusivity, Ethics and Participation in Art and Design Education. International Journal of Art and Design Education, 38 (4). NSEAD and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
- Marshalsey, Lorraine and Sclater, Madeleine Fiona (2018) Supporting students' self directed experiences of studio learning in Communication Design: the co-creation of a participatory methods process model. Australian Journal of Educational Technology, 34 (6). pp. 65-81. ISSN 1449-5554
- Sclater, Madeleine Fiona and Lally, Victor (2018) Interdisciplinarity and technology-enhanced learning: Reflections from art and design and educational perspectives. Research in Comparative and International Education, 13 (1). pp. 46-69. ISSN 1745-4999
- Sclater, Madeleine Fiona (2018) Sustainability and learning: Aesthetic and creative responses in a digital culture. Research in Comparative and International Education, 13 (1). pp. 135-151. ISSN 1745-4999
- Lally, Vic, Sclater, Madeleine Fiona and Brown, Ken (2018) Technologies, learning and culture: Some emerging themes. Research in Comparative and International Education, 13 (1). pp. 227-235. ISSN 1745-4999
- Sclater, Madeleine Fiona and Lally, Victor (2018) Technologies, learning and culture across disciplines: International perspectives. Research in Comparative and International Education, 13 (1). pp. 3-6. ISSN 1745-4999
- Sclater, Madeleine Fiona and Lally, Victor (2018) Special Issue: Technologies, Learning and Culture Across Disciplines: International perspectives. Research in Comparative and International Education, 13 (1). Sage Publishing.
