Lessons From Art and Design Education: The Role of In-Process Critique in the Creative Inquiry Process

This article describes how a minimally discussed component of a rigorous art and design education, the in-process critique, may be adapted as a core feature in creative learning across disciplines. The author shares examples from art and design education practice and connects a specific approach, the critical friends protocol, to research findings on maximizing the positive effects of feedback on learning. A model for creative inquiry with the in-process critique as a significant phase in this iterative process is presented.