Learning to Be in Public Spaces
In From the Margins With Dancers, Sculptors, Painters and Musicians
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8408679 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Morwenna Griffiths (University of Edinburgh, corresponding author), Judy Berry (Salford Royal Hospital), Anne Marie Holt (0009-0007-2451-9148, Salford Royal Hospital), Anne Holt, John Naylor (0009-0004-4203-1259, University of Nottingham), Philippa Weekes (Primary Health Care) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 352-371 |
| Publication date | 2006-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Educational Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1005 • E-ISSN: 1467-8527 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-8527.2006.00349.x |
| OpenAlex | W2125160005 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 8 |
This article reports research in three Nottingham schools, concerned with (1) 'The school as fertile ground: how the ethos of a school enables everyone in it to benefit from the presence of artists in class'; (2) 'Children on the edge: how the arts reach those children who otherwise exclude themselves from class activities, for any reason' and (3) 'Children's voices and choices: how even very young children can learn to express their wishes, and then have them realised through arts projects'. The research methodology was rooted in two modes of inquiry, philosophical investigation and action research. The article draws on this research to argue that arts-based work in school has helped disadvantaged and/or disaffected children to engage in activities (both arts-based and others), and to be able to lay the groundwork for exercising voice and agency as they did so. If social justice is to flourish there is a need for particular kinds of public spaces and a need to create conditions such that children can learn to participate in those spaces, whether or not they are comfortable with the usual settings for 'rational argument' or 'deliberative democracy'. It is suggested that arts-based education, in some forms, is one good way of creating these conditions. Keywords: action researchartsphilosophypublic spaceschoolssocial justice
Action (physics) · Agency (philosophy) · Argument (complex analysis) · Art · Class (philosophy) · Democracy · Disadvantaged · Economic Justice · Epistemology · Ethos · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · The arts · Visual arts · Children's Rights and Participation · Early Childhood Education and Development · Innovative Education and Learning Practices · Law
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,37 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2021 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |