Relationality and Pedagogy in A/r/tography

Session Submission Type: Symposium

Abstract

The purpose of this symposium is to explore a series of research projects that examined the relational and pedagogical qualities of a/r/tography in teacher education reform efforts. This presentation explores particular pedagogical qualities exemplified during the use of a/r/tography as inquiry in ongoing, disciplined, community-engaged, dialogic forms of research. All four presentations examine a shift in understanding oneself as a pedagogue to understanding oneself as a pedagogue who is also an artist. This Symposium focuses specifically on four inter-related projects that explored the relational and pedagogical aspects of a/r/tography in their research with teachers and teacher candidates.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Arts and Inquiry in the Visual and Performing Arts in Education

Chair

• Carl Leggo, The University of British Columbia

Papers

• Becoming Pedagogical: Sustaining Hearts With Living Credos - Rita L. Irwin, The University of British Columbia; Carl Leggo, The University of British Columbia

• Shakespeare in the Primary Classroom: Literacy and Learning - George Belliveau, The University of British Columbia

• Disrupting Teacher Education: Performing an Intervention With/in the Space Between Art and Pedagogy - Heidi May, The University of British Columbia; Donal O'Donoghue, The University of British Columbia

• Following A/r/tography in Practice: From Possibility to Potential - Valerie Triggs, University of Regina

Discussant

• Carl Leggo, The University of British Columbia