Exploring Education Students’ Reflexivity through the Arts and Sharing My “Bricolage” Dilemmas
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12392091 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Janet Richards (0000-0001-8215-2419, University of South Florida), Janet C Richards (0000-0001-8242-3282, University of South Florida, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-08 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Report (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1052-0147 • E-ISSN: 2160-3715 |
| Publisher | Nova Southeastern University (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.46743/2160-3715/2013.1448 |
| OpenAlex | W823128480 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
As part of course requirements, 16 education students in a master’s cohort tutored groups of elementary children (the same groups throughout the semester) in an after - school writing program that emphasized an ethos of care. The education students had never taught children and consequently had difficulties reflecting about their lessons through weekly e - mail communication. As the course instructor I had a hunch innovative artistic processes might unleash and heighten the education students’ abilities as reflective practitioners . Therefore, I asked them to explore their pedagogy through the arts. Concurrently, I engaged in arts - based educational research (ABER) to ascertain in what ways arts constructions might prompt the education students’ motivation and abilities to thoughtfully consider their work. Using constant comparative methods and a “bricolage” approach, I discovered arts - based techniques, particularly poetry, fostered and illuminated their introspections. The education students also had distinct preferences among the three modes of reflective inquiry I requested they employ (e - mail communication, self - portraits with dialogue, and poetry). As suggested by respected ABER scholars, I monitored and documented my dilemmas throughout the inquiry process in an attempt to achieve verisimilitude and to inform new arts - based researchers. I share these dilemmas and oversights, and discuss puzzling, unanswered questions in this paper
Art · Arts in education · Bricolage · Epistemology · Ethos · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Reflexivity · Social science · Sociology · The arts · Verisimilitude · Visual arts · Visual arts education · Art Education and Development · Diverse Music Education Insights · Psychology · Reflective Practices in Education
Handbook of qualitative research
The Discovery of Grounded Theory
Contextualizing Theories and Practices of Bricolage Research
Making Meaning of Graduate Students’ and Preservice Teachers’ E-Mail Communication in a Community of Practice
Two modes of reflection
On the Differences Between Scientific and Artistic Approaches to Qualitative Research
Linking Ways of Knowing with Ways of Being Practical
Describing the Bricolage
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
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| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |