Arts-Based Research Methods for Educational Researchers is a book for early-career and established scholars who aim to use the arts to spark new ideas and empower participants in educational research. It will allow readers to conduct arts-based research in their own projects.
The book starts with a brief history of the arts in research, going on to provide an in-depth understanding of the philosophical foundations of arts-based research — different research designs, material preparation, ethical considerations, data collection, analysis and reporting. Chapters highlight the impact of arts-based research, how it can be used to facilitate positive changes in educational research, practice, and policymaking. Tian suggests avenues for those who want to further develop these methods, guiding readers to reflect on their positionality and ethical issues involved in the research process.
This insightful book is ideal for early career and experienced educational researchers who use qualitative methods in their inquiries. It offers a reader-friendly guide to methodology for scholars, educators as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Author(s): Meng Tian
Series: Qualitative and Visual Methodologies in Educational Research
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 94
City: London
Cover
Endorsements
Half Title
Series
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of figures
List of tables
List of boxes
Series editor foreword
Preface
1 A new way of seeing and conducting educational research
The arts and research
Opportunity for relationship building and multiple modes of expression
From representationalism to performativism
Accounting for psychodynamics in educational research
Connecting materiality to embodied experience
2 Ontological, epistemological, and axiological foundations
Ontology, epistemology, and axiology
Ontological stance: relational materialism
Epistemological stance: critical realism
Axiological stance: epistemic equality
3 Research designs, preparation, and ethical considerations
Research designs for arts-based research in education
Collage-making for educational research
Research preparation
Visual-narrative inquiry
Ethical considerations
4 Research rigour and data collection
Research rigour
ENABLES project
Project on distributed leadership in Finnish and Chinese schools
Things to be considered
5 Reporting, interpreting, and discussing findings
Reporting findings
Interpreting and discussing findings
6 Impact of arts-based research methods and controversies surrounding them
Using arts-based methods to enrich close-to-practice research
Using arts-based methods to decolonise knowledge
Using arts-based research to inform or change education policies
Controversies surrounding arts-based research methods
7 Future development and conclusion
Further theorising arts-based research methods
Incorporating artistic techniques in empirical studies
Using arts-based methods as a form of activism
Conclusion
Index
