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Publication Date: 2021
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Sensory Arts-Based Storytelling as Critical Reflection: Tales from an Online Graduate Social Work Classroom
Grittner, Alison L.
LEARNing Landscapes, v14 n1 p125-142 Spr 2021
Drawing upon Heron and Reason's (1997) participatory inquiry paradigm and extended epistemology, this article explores how six Master of Social Work (MSW) students engaged in sensory arts-based critical reflection concerning their social location, identities, social justice, and social policy. We share our process for creating sensory arts-based stories, the stories themselves, and pedagogical reflections. We elucidate how sensory arts-based storytelling allows learners to draw upon their strengths, unique perspectives, and experiences in the world, generating transformative understandings of social justice. Sensory arts-based storytelling holds potential as an interdisciplinary mode of critical reflection, generating inclusive learning environments oriented towards social change. [This article was co-authored by The Social Justice Learning Collaborative.]
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Social Work, Story Telling, Reflection, Transformative Learning, Social Justice, Interdisciplinary Approach, Inclusion, Social Change, Experiential Learning, Multisensory Learning, Learning Modalities
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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