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Harnessing Creativity through Arts-Based Research to Support Teachers' Identity Development
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McKay, Loraine; Sappa, Viviana – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2020
Although prevalently focused on research-based outcomes (i.e. better understanding of a particular phenomenon, process or experience), arts-based researchers have widely emphasised the transformational potentialities of arts for individuals. In particular, the arts create space for thinking differently and provide opportunities to explore…
Descriptors: Creativity, Art, Researchers, Transformative Learning
Attitudes and Practices That Shape Children's Drawing Behaviour in Mainstream and Performing Arts Schools
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Burkitt, Esther; Lowry, Ruth – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2015
Previous research shows that key parties involved in children's drawing perceive the value and benefits of art and drawing very differently. However such research has been restricted to the examination of children attending mainstream schooling across the UK. The present study therefore compared the views and practices of key parties involved in…
Descriptors: Freehand Drawing, Child Behavior, Interviews, Surveys
Developing School Leaders through the Arts: New Directions for Teaching and Research
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Katz-Buonincontro, Jen; Phillips, Joy C.; Arnold, Noelle Witherspoon – Journal of School Leadership, 2015
Three independently developed educational leadership courses used the arts to depart from lecture and passive learning, prime students to solve school problems creatively, and build social justice awareness. Photo captioning was used to promote intrapersonal leadership development around professional identity formation and social justice awareness…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Administrator Education, Art Education, Photography
The Bal Basera Project: The Body as Home
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Lynch, Carissa Hope – Research in Drama Education, 2011
The author travelled to Jaipur, India, in June 2009 to run a project with a group of 12 young runaways at the Bal Basera Centre, a transitional shelter for boys under the age of 18. The Centre sits within the Jaipur Municipal Police force compound, just a few yards away from the City Railway Station. Bal Basera, or "transit home" in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Theater Arts, Workshops, Runaways
An Exploration of the Character, Expressive Qualities and Attitudes towards Arts Activities of Exceptional Adolescent Students.
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Sturgess, Pamela A. – 1986
A study examined the character, expressive qualities, and attitudes toward art (performing and visual) activities of handicapped Canadian adolescents (N=30) to determine how well current teaching of the arts meets the needs and expectations of these students. A review of literature on arts activities and exceptional students contributed to the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Art Activities, Art Education, Creative Expression
Art and Crafts for Slow Learners. Instructor Handbook Series.
Pattemore, Arnel W. – 1969
Written to describe successful projects which have been used in special education art classes, and to assist teachers in planning a worthwhile program, the booklet makes suggestions for arranging the long-range program in blocks or units, planning projects around changing seasons and established celebrations, using materials with definite weight…
Descriptors: Art, Art Activities, Art Materials, Ceramics