Anastasia P Samaras
Biographic Data
| ID | 6006480 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anastasia P Samaras |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anastasia P |
| FAMILY NAME | Samaras |
| SIGNATURE | SAMARAS A P |
| AFFILIATIONS | George Mason University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1102-2507 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Letter to a New Academic
The following is an essay of reflections from a veteran academic of her lived experiences in the academy resulting in an unearthing of underlying principles for developing and communicating one’s professional identity. I discuss the role of passion and authenticity; the need to seek, give, and lead support; and the essence of collective creativity for continuous professional growth. This article is useful to new academics working to seed purposef…
Nourishing Wholehearted Faculty Professional Living through Co-Creative Play
This study explores the value of co-creative play spaces for faculty professional learning and development. Data are drawn from the researchers’ coauthored publications, which utilized arts-inspired data generation modes. The pluralist methodological route and analysis results in design elements for professional learning captured through rich pictures, poetry, and dialogue. Resonances are shown between what has emerged from polyvocal self-study d…
Polyvocal Professional Learning Through Self-Study Research
Madhubani Art
This study is situated within a self-study research methods course to scaffold doctoral students’ explorations of the intersections of their culture, and research interests using arts as a tool. Embracing the arts as a research method, the first author painted a self-portrait using the vibrant colors of Madhubani art which holds cultural significance to her. She utilized Blumer’s (1986) and Mead’s (1934) theory of symbolic interactionism to expla…
Self-Study Teacher Research
This work guides pre-service and in-service teachers in conducting and assessing classroom-based self-study research. Teacher education students are guided in developing a more consciously driven mode of professional activity as they pose questions to improve professional practice with the validation of colleagues
Developing a pedagogy for teaching self-study research
Explorations in using arts‐based self‐study methods
Research methods courses typically require students to conceptualize, describe, and present their research ideas in writing. In this article, the author describes her exploration in using arts‐based techniques for teaching research to support the development of students’ self‐study research projects. The pedagogical approach emerged from the author’s sociocultural theoretical perspective in using symbols and dialogue as mediating tools. Three art…
Teaching children who live on the edge. Uncertain Lives
Am I Invited
This article reports on an investigation of African American families’ perceptions and experiences in an after-school family-school involvement program at two inner-city schools. Centered in the sphere of sociocultural theory and situated cognition, this study focuses on family-child relationships to improve children’s literacy using oral histories and technology. It also explores a model for preparing preservice teachers to work with families. F…
Scaffolds in the field
Scaffolds in the field
Developing a pedagogy for teaching self-study research
Explorations in using arts‐based self‐study methods
Research methods courses typically require students to conceptualize, describe, and present their research ideas in writing. In this article, the author describes her exploration in using arts‐based techniques for teaching research to support the development of students’ self‐study research projects. The pedagogical approach emerged from the author’s sociocultural theoretical perspective in using symbols and dialogue as mediating tools. Three art…
Am I Invited
This article reports on an investigation of African American families’ perceptions and experiences in an after-school family-school involvement program at two inner-city schools. Centered in the sphere of sociocultural theory and situated cognition, this study focuses on family-child relationships to improve children’s literacy using oral histories and technology. It also explores a model for preparing preservice teachers to work with families. F…
Scaffolds in the field
Am I Invited
This article reports on an investigation of African American families’ perceptions and experiences in an after-school family-school involvement program at two inner-city schools. Centered in the sphere of sociocultural theory and situated cognition, this study focuses on family-child relationships to improve children’s literacy using oral histories and technology. It also explores a model for preparing preservice teachers to work with families. F…
Teaching children who live on the edge. Uncertain Lives
Explorations in using arts‐based self‐study methods
Research methods courses typically require students to conceptualize, describe, and present their research ideas in writing. In this article, the author describes her exploration in using arts‐based techniques for teaching research to support the development of students’ self‐study research projects. The pedagogical approach emerged from the author’s sociocultural theoretical perspective in using symbols and dialogue as mediating tools. Three art…
Self-Study Teacher Research
This work guides pre-service and in-service teachers in conducting and assessing classroom-based self-study research. Teacher education students are guided in developing a more consciously driven mode of professional activity as they pose questions to improve professional practice with the validation of colleagues
Developing a pedagogy for teaching self-study research
Madhubani Art
This study is situated within a self-study research methods course to scaffold doctoral students’ explorations of the intersections of their culture, and research interests using arts as a tool. Embracing the arts as a research method, the first author painted a self-portrait using the vibrant colors of Madhubani art which holds cultural significance to her. She utilized Blumer’s (1986) and Mead’s (1934) theory of symbolic interactionism to expla…
Polyvocal Professional Learning Through Self-Study Research
Nourishing Wholehearted Faculty Professional Living through Co-Creative Play
This study explores the value of co-creative play spaces for faculty professional learning and development. Data are drawn from the researchers’ coauthored publications, which utilized arts-inspired data generation modes. The pluralist methodological route and analysis results in design elements for professional learning captured through rich pictures, poetry, and dialogue. Resonances are shown between what has emerged from polyvocal self-study d…
Letter to a New Academic
The following is an essay of reflections from a veteran academic of her lived experiences in the academy resulting in an unearthing of underlying principles for developing and communicating one’s professional identity. I discuss the role of passion and authenticity; the need to seek, give, and lead support; and the essence of collective creativity for continuous professional growth. This article is useful to new academics working to seed purposef…
Pedagogy (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Mathematics education (6 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Reflective Practices in Education (4 works) · Engineering ethics (3 works) · Participatory Visual Research Methods (3 works) · Political science (3 works)