Reconceptualizing the Role of the Teacher Through A/r/tography

• In Event: 31.091 - Roundtable Session 10
  In Roundtable Session: 31.091-17 - Teacher Voice and the Role of Arts-Based Educational Research

Abstract

In hopes of helping teachers confront the difficulties of implementing multiple and digital literacies theory into their classrooms, this paper presentation outlines how a/r/tography action research contributed to reconceptualising the role of Prince Edward Island K-12 teachers in multiple and digital education. This a/r/tographic approach allowed teachers to engage in research while advancing their own artistic creative analytical processes, which were designed to strengthen their teaching practices. This project focused on developing teachers’ poiesis, pedagogy, politics and public positioning. By reinventing the teacher’s role (as a/r/tographers) while promoting focus on their artistic creation and agency, findings suggest that teachers appear to be better prepared to address the complexities inherent in multiple and digital education.

Authors

• Sean P. Wiebe, University of Prince Edward Island

• Mitchell McLarnon, McGill University