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Arts-based self-study: Documenting the ripple effect
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Like all forms of inquiry, arts-based self-study research can have unexpected consequences. Although we may start out with a fairly clear objective, the data we generate through arts-based methods might address other questions that are even more important than the ones we thought to ask initially, and our study might have an impact that extends beyond the original parameters of the design. The most powerful results of an arts-based self-study intended to improve our own practice might occur in another arena, a ripple effect that is visible only after our inquiry is completed, and hence, undetected because our gaze has shifted elsewhere. By describing and analysing what happens during and after three self-studies done by teachers and teacher educators, this article illustrates the use of visual and other arts-based methods (photography, video, creative writing and drawing) and explores the challenge and nature of the potential ripple effect in/of self-study for learning and growth for many.
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- Authors
- Weber, S.
- Affiliations
- Concordia University (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Weber, Sandra
- Venue
- Perspectives in Education
- Publisher
- University of the Free State
- Published
- 2014-06-30
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 8-20
- ISSN
- 0258-2236 (ISSN-L)
- 2519-593X
- OpenAlex
- W2475136236
- Cited by
- 39
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 2 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 2
- FWCI
- 8.69
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Perspectives in Education (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Participatory Visual Research Methods
- Social Sciences › Education › Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
- Social Sciences › Education › Reflective Practices in Education
- Keywords
- cascading effects, teacher professional development, teacher educators, photography, video, creative writing, drawings, reflective practice, learning and growth
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