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ERIC Number: ED591871
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 14
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Rising to the Challenge: Supporting Educators without Arts Experience in the Delivery of Authentic Arts Learning
Burke, Katie
Australian Association for Research in Education, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Australian Association for Research in Education (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Nov 27-Dec 1, 2016)
Educators, policy makers and researchers have repeatedly affirmed the significance of a quality arts education in developing the capabilities necessary for 21st century citizenship. However, facilitating an Arts education can be extremely challenging, especially for the generalist classroom teacher who may not possess the necessary background learning across all five arts subjects. Revelations from my research with Australian home educating parents identified a similar dilemma with the delivery of authentic Arts learning in home contexts. A significant proportion of the home educator study participants admitted to no educational or artistic training. My doctoral research project has sought to understand how Australian home educators approach arts education, the challenges they face, and the way that existing knowledge and strengths are harnessed in delivering their children's education. Moreover, using a Design-Based Research approach, I have attempted to generate transformational research by working collaboratively with home educators to enact solutions to identified problems. This has resulted in the development and refinement of a website and online community aimed at supporting and enhancing home educators in the development of authentic arts learning, in addition to theoretical guidelines that can be applied to similar contexts. Thus, whilst home education is considered pedagogically distinct from institutional education, the findings of this project have highlighted that the challenges faced by home educating parents are very much like those faced by the generalist classroom teacher, and that similar means of support may be transferred across contexts.
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Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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