The COVID-19 pandemic, and the emergency pivot to online learning that this health crisis prompted, has inevitably impacted teaching and learning across all study disciplines in higher education. This article presents a case study conducted by tertiary visual arts educators who shifted their social constructivist teaching methods from the…

Artistic and educational possibilities abound when institutions open their doors to local artists and allow them to work within their confines. The following case study articulates how the often unrecorded and unseen discourse between cultural workers leads to a deeper understanding and application of strategies that encourage effective…

This paper is based on an online experiment, conducted with bachelor students of educational sciences during the COVID-19 lockdown period in the spring of 2020. The experiment, which took place on a daily basis for a whole workweek, consisted of a series of what we have come to call "artistic-scientific interventions". These constituted…

This paper examines Bauhaus School (1919-1933) innovation and relevance today. The School is a landmark in the history of design as a discipline and the development of design education. The School was also a workplace, commercialising Bauhaus-designed products. While drawing global interest in its innovations, the School faced resistance in…

With millions of users, the social media site Pinterest compels the exchange of information about diverse topics. The do-it-yourself (DIY) content community has risen to prominence on Pinterest in recent years as users frequently consult the site to begin new projects. On Pinterest, DIY communities exchange tips and cocreate generative knowledge…

Utilizing storytelling, two art educators explore how their undergraduate students experienced the transition to online education after the outbreak of COVID-19. Three themes are examined based on the students' reflections: (1) new characteristics of and experiences within virtual learning, (2) isolation and connection, and (3) embracement and…

This article examines the unique intersection of knowledge that occurs in the digital arts learning context. The knowledge shared has emerged from the author's practice as a teaching artist designing and delivering an immersive and interactive intermedial arts learning experience in the field of physical theatre entitled Creature Interactions: an…

Expert secondary Arts teachers are highly trained specialists well versed in face-to-face individual and group teaching pedagogies. Given the highly personalised nature of Arts teaching practice, the shift to online teaching resulting from COVID-19 lockdowns presented many with challenges for which they had little or no formal training. Many…

This paper considers the social role of collaborative ethnographic research amid our current intersecting social, political and ecological crises. It investigates how the multi-sited, arts-based, ethnographic study, "Global Youth (Digital) Citizen-Artists and their Publics: Performing for Socio-Ecological Justice (2019-2024)," adopts…

This scientometric analysis explores the evolution and dynamics of Early Childhood STEAM education. Web of Science database is employed as a primary data source and visualization tools like CiteSpace and HistCite are used to systematically investigate 179 publications published between 2008 and 2023. It looks at research patterns to unearth…

The purpose of this study was to determine teacher perspectives on emergency remote teaching conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic in science and art centers. The study was carried out using a phenomenological qualitative research design with 41 science and art center teachers from 17 different majors. A content analysis method was employed in…

Background: In the wake of COVID-19 and protests against racial violence, scholars of education, alongside educational organizations, called for innovative responses to address racial injustice, but one solution was consistently mentioned across educational spaces: the need for educators to reimagine education in a postpandemic/endemic world. And…

Distance-learning studies have seen an incredible growth in the last 20 years. The majority of these were at postgraduate level. Fewer were undergraduate and even fewer were in initial teacher education training. Within these, there are even fewer examples of art education courses as it was frequently argued that the experiential aspect of these…

Interprofessional collaboration is considered best practice in all areas of health care, and interprofessional education (IPE) activities are an essential part of preprofessional education programs. IPE activities typically occur between healthcare profession students but not between programs outside of healthcare where professionals are likely to…

Being Present with Art, or BPWA, is a method of integrating mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), with art. Developed during the COVID-19 pandemic, the BPWA method features tools and exercises for participants to first become present to their bodies to then focus their attention on artwork and connect with others. A research study examining…