21.016 - Agency, Ethos, and Pedagogy in Canada's Creative Economy

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

Working across six research sites, our pan-Canadian team has collaborated to explore how education can be increasingly connected to the growth of the creative economy (CE). This research is in response to findings suggesting that much education focuses on skill-training that rarely stimulates creativity (Wiebe, 2013). Establishing links to the CE using a comparative case study, we propose that teachers embrace an ethos of creativity and agency. As such, site-specific creative strategies have been fostered to support teachers, learners and communities. To analyze the breadth of traditional and multimodal data from each site, we employ the Parallaxic Praxis model (Sameshima & Vandermause, 2008), which relies on difference, dialogue, and creativity propulsion processes to generate and mobilize knowledge across epistemologies and audiences.

Sub Unit

• Canadian Society for the Study of Education - CSSE

Chair

• Layal Shuman, McGill University

Participants

• Layal Shuman, McGill University

• Mitchell McLarnon, McGill University

• Pauline Sameshima, Lakehead University

• Mindy Roberta Carter, McGill University

• Patrick Howard, Cape Breton University

• Kathryn Ricketts, University of Regina

• Peter J. Gouzouasis, The University of British Columbia

• Kelly Roy, Bishop’s University and Jayne Malenfant

• Jayne Malenfant, McGill University