Yulanda Clinton

Yulanda Clinton is Coordinator of the Professional Master of Education (PME) in Art Education and Lecturer in Art and Design Education at NCAD's School of Education. With over 20 years teaching experience across secondary and tertiary levels, she specializes in curriculum development bridging visual arts with global citizenship education. Her pedagogical approach emphasizes critical engagement through art practice.

Clinton holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Art Education and MA from NCAD, complementing her Fine Art Print degree from Crawford College of Art and Design. Her research examines how curriculum is conceptualized and implemented within art teacher education, particularly through global education frameworks.

Key research areas include: Critical pedagogy in art education, development education integration, digital media in learning, and teacher identity formation. She developed the 'Change Lab' initiative that positions student teachers as Artists/Activists/Educators, fostering critical examination of art education orthodoxies through global issues.

Publications focus on:

• Art-based approaches to citizenship education
• Development education integration in art curricula
• Visual methodologies for global learning

Clinton has taught in multiple institutions including Trinity College Dublin, Maynooth University, and Marino Institute of Education. She co-developed educational resources like 'Learning to Look: Global Learning Project' for junior cycle curricula and contributed to Amnesty International's Voice Our Concern program through art activism projects.