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Action Research Series | Heather Francis | Examples of action research in the arts
Heather Francis provides three examples of action research related to arts education and arts integration in the classroom.
First, an example of a teacher studying their own practice of self-care. A seasoned teacher at the end of her career is discovering burnout. She turns to self-study to determine how a practice of self-care can help her handle the stress of life and a teaching career with greater resilience. She worked with a critical friend to attempt leaving work at school, reconnect with friends, and spend quality time with family on the weekends. She journaled and reflected and discovered that she definitely needs more time to take care of herself, but she also needs to balance that with a need to be prepared each day. Preparation also reduces stress at school.
In our second story Heather describes a teacher who tested out mind-mapping and visual art strategies in their classroom during their action research project. The teacher in this example felt they had spent so many professional development hours on literacy that they had completely neglected social studies, science, and the arts in their classroom. They hypothesized that they could touch on all these subject through mind-mapping and that this strategy might even cut down on planning and preparation required too. This research led him to validating and encouraging results.
The third part of this episode is a recording of a teacher describing their self-study research that they conducted as their master's thesis in graduate school. Tina McCulloch, graduate of the Arts Integration Endorsement program, was recorded presenting her story to a classroom of teachers during the program in 2019. She describes the context of her classroom, the problems she was facing and how she found solutions in arts education to address those problems. Her description of her study is a great example of how to use critical friends and utilize self-reflection for greater understanding of your practice.
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- Subscribe on Spotify
Don't forget to peruse the bank of lesson plans produced by the BYU ARTS Partnership Arts in dance, drama, music, visual arts, media arts. Search by grade-level, art form or subject area at
www.education.byu.edu/arts/lessons
.
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Heather Francis provides three examples of action research related to arts education and arts integration in the classroom.
First, an example of a teacher studying their own practice of self-care. A seasoned teacher at the end of her career is discovering burnout. She turns to self-study to determine how a practice of self-care can help her handle the stress of life and a teaching career with greater resilience. She worked with a critical friend to attempt leaving work at school, reconnect with friends, and spend quality time with family on the weekends. She journaled and reflected and discovered that she definitely needs more time to take care of herself, but she also needs to balance that with a need to be prepared each day. Preparation also reduces stress at school.
In our second story Heather describes a teacher who tested out mind-mapping and visual art strategies in their classroom during their action research project. The teacher in this example felt they had spent so many professional development hours on literacy that they had completely neglected social studies, science, and the arts in their classroom. They hypothesized that they could touch on all these subject through mind-mapping and that this strategy might even cut down on planning and preparation required too. This research led him to validating and encouraging results.
The third part of this episode is a recording of a teacher describing their self-study research that they conducted as their master's thesis in graduate school. Tina McCulloch, graduate of the Arts Integration Endorsement program, was recorded presenting her story to a classroom of teachers during the program in 2019. She describes the context of her classroom, the problems she was facing and how she found solutions in arts education to address those problems. Her description of her study is a great example of how to use critical friends and utilize self-reflection for greater understanding of your practice.
Follow Us:
- BYU ARTS Partnership Newsletter
- AdvancingArtsLeadership.com
- Subscribe on Apple Podcasts
- Subscribe on Spotify
Don't forget to peruse the bank of lesson plans produced by the BYU ARTS Partnership Arts in dance, drama, music, visual arts, media arts. Search by grade-level, art form or subject area at
www.education.byu.edu/arts/lessons
.