ERIC Number: EJ1269044
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Sep-14
Pages: 29
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ISSN: EISSN-1529-8094
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Entanglements of Teachers, Artists, and Researchers in Pedagogical Environments: A New Materialist and Arts-Based Approach to an Educational Design Research Team
Jusslin, Sofia; Østern, Tone Pernille
International Journal of Education & the Arts, v21 n26 Sep 2020
This study investigates the collaboration between two teachers, a dance teaching artist, and a researcher within an educational design research project, that integrated creative dance into fifth-graders' reading and writing processes. To study this design team, we draw on the theoretical field of new materialism and the methodological field of arts-based research. Performing a diffractive analysis, we identify five entanglements in the design team and discuss how they affect the pedagogical realities and knowledge generation. Considerations on how to create a safe environment, relate to data equipment, build trust, and reserve enough time for lessons and design meetings can act as guidelines when collaborating in design teams. (Re)considering and (re)thinking "who" the team members are, "how" they work together, and "why" they enter a design research project can provide deeper understanding of and respect for the important "what" aspect in EDR-developing valuable knowledge for educational practices.
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Cooperation, Teacher Collaboration, Dance Education, Artists, Researchers, Instructional Design, Research Projects, Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Teaching Methods, Teamwork, Reading Processes, Writing Processes, Trust (Psychology), Safety, Meetings, Guidelines, Faculty Development, Swedish, Native Language, Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 5; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Finland
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