Post Modern Image-Based Research

An Innovative Data Collection Method for Illuminating Preservice Teachers’ Developing Perceptions in Field-Based Courses

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ID12393157
AuthorsJanet Richards (0000-0001-8215-2419, University of South Florida), Janet C Richards (0000-0001-8242-3282, University of South Florida, corresponding author)
Year2015
Publication date2015-01-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Report (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1052-0147 • E-ISSN: 2160-3715
PublisherNova Southeastern University (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.46743/2160-3715/2006.1683
OpenAlexW1530157944
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited9

As part of course requirements twenty -eight preservice teachers in a field- based content reading course create d a series of se lf-portraits that illustrated their concerns and perceptions about teaching content reading. They accompanied their drawings with dialogue. Analysis of the portraits indicates that arts-based techniques have the potential to provide insights about preservice teachers’ perceived realities and understandings that narrative data alone might not reveal. The preservice teachers experienced high levels of stress as they prepared to teach their first lesson and their anxieties continued pas t mid-semester. By the end of the course the majority developed confidence in their teaching abilities and they were able to list a wide-range of content reading strategies however, they overlooked the visual and communicative arts

Art · Data collection · Field (mathematics · Literature · Mathematics education · Narrative · Pedagogy · Perception · Portrait · Qualitative property · Qualitative research · Reading (process · Social science · Sociology · Teaching method · The arts · Visual arts · Art Education and Development · Computer Science · Digital Storytelling and Education · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Psychology

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