scholarly journals A participatory approach to service-learning in creative arts education: a win-win learning opportunity for campus and community?

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lesley Wood ◽  
Merna Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Deep Learning ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Arts Education ◽  
Visual Art ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Participatory Approach ◽  
Creative Arts ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Know How

Service-learning has been shown to be effective in preparing students to live and work in adiverse and rapidly changing society, especially when it is based on a democraticpartnership between university students and community participants, resulting in mutuallybeneficial learning. Yet, in cases where the community is often regarded as less equal due todebilitating socio-economic circumstances, there is a real danger the engagement turns intomore of a charity rendering experience, rather than promoting deep learning for allinvolved. This article reports on our attempts to create a service-learning experience thatallowed students and community youth to learn with and from each other. Data weregenerated in four cycles of a participatory action research design, using visual, art andtext-based strategies. The thematic analysis indicated that the process gave participants abetter understanding of each other’s lived realities; that it helped to level out unequal powerrelations; and that the reciprocal learning boosted development on personal and professionallevels. The knowledge we share in this article will help others to know how to design andimplement a valuable and mutually beneficial service learning experience not only inCreative Arts education; but in any discipline where students engage with community.

scholarly journals Transforming Learning Spaces on a Budget: Action Research and Service-Learning for Co-Creating Sustainable Spaces

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 418
Author(s):  
Isabel Montiel ◽  
Asunción M. Mayoral ◽  
Jose Navarro-Pedreño ◽  
Silvia Maiques
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
High Schools ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Public High Schools ◽  
Learning Spaces ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Learning Space ◽  
Educational Spaces

Transforming learning spaces has become a priority for many schools, not only for implementing emerging methodologies but also for sanitary reasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools struggle to find solutions for the lack of space in order to respect the required safety distance, especially public schools with a very tight budget and many administrative barriers to overcome. From participatory action research, findings confirmed that expanding and refurbishing indoor and outdoor space in many public high schools is urgent. Then, an opportunity emerged to develop a new learning space in one of the high schools in touch with the research team at Miguel Hernandez University working on educational spaces since 2017. This article describes the action research (AR) carried out, its main results regarding needs and deficiencies in public high schools in our surroundings, and a subsequent Service-Learning experience promoted by the research group as a solution for upgrading and extending educational spaces and simultaneously developing students’ soft skills, empowering youth, participation, local partnerships and other sustainable development goals meeting 2030 Agenda.

Optimizing a Halfway House to Meet Mental Health Care Users’ Occupational Needs

2021 ◽  
pp. 000841742110448
Author(s):  
Itumeleng Augustine Tsatsi ◽  
Nicola Ann Plastow
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Unmet Needs ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Halfway House ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Halfway Houses

Background. Halfway houses (HwH) may support community reintegration of mental health care users and can be effective in meeting occupational needs of residents. However, they are not optimally used in South Africa. Purpose. This study aimed to improve the functioning of a HwH so that it better meets occupational needs of the resident mental health care users. It draws on Doble & Santha; ( 2008 ) seven occupational needs. Method. A four-phase Participatory Action Research methodology was used. We conducted thematic analysis to describe met and unmet needs within PAR phases. Findings. Occupational needs of accomplishment, renewal, pleasure and companionship were being met. However, coherence, agency and affirmation needs were not being met. An additional occupational need for interdependence, based on the African ethic of Ubuntu, was identified. Implications. HwH functioning affected residents’ experiences of health and wellbeing. Engagement in collective occupations can contribute to meeting the occupational need of interdependence.

CREATING WORKS OF VISUAL ART: FEATURES, PROBLEMS AND CONCEPTS OF ARTISTIC ACTIVITY

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 6-15
Author(s):  
M. V. Boubnova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Arts Education ◽  
Visual Art ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Moscow Region ◽  
State University ◽  
Visual Activity ◽  
Artistic Activity ◽  
Artistic Work ◽  
Artistic Image ◽  
Teaching Professional

The goal of this paper is to identify the features of visual activity and conceptual approaches to the process of depiction. The research was carried out through observation of students’ work at the Moscow Region State University (MRSU) on the creation of paintings within the traditions of realistic depiction. The article analyzes the tendencies typical for visual activity, as well as the main problems arising in the process of artistic work, gives examples from practice, suggests ways to overcome such problems and to master the algorithms of “analytical depiction”. Author’s revisions of the following concepts are introduced: “depiction” as a method of “analytical painting”, when the result of the work is the realization of the conceived, and “copying” as drawing without comparing the qualities of the depicted, when the result of the activity is random and is not the artistic image that was intended to be created. The results of the research contribute to the theory of teaching professional art creativity, and to the understanding of theoretical problems of art and arts education. The materials can be used in teaching practice.

scholarly journals Working together: A methodological case study of 'engaged scholarship'

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 20-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Cuthill
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Participatory Approach ◽  
Engaged Scholarship ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
The Past ◽  
Working Together ◽  
Introductory Discussion

The concept of engaged scholarship, as a 'new' and participatory approach to knowledge production, has received much attention over the past decade. However, the term is clouded in ambiguity. This paper presents some introductory discussion around concepts of engaged scholarship, and then focuses in detail on a methodological case study of participatory action research as an example of engaged scholarship in practice. Discussion revolves around reflections on practice, drawing largely from recent reports on participatory democracy and the role of unversities in society.

scholarly journals Service Learning Collaborations: A Formula for Reciprocity

2010 ◽  
Vol 91 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura A. Lowe ◽  
Victoria L. Medina
Keyword(s):  
Service Learning ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Death And Dying ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Mixed Methodology ◽  
Educational Institutions

Service learning offers opportunities for both educational institutions and the community. To demonstrate the possibilities this pedagogy can offer, this article discusses a service learning experience partnering students with a hospice agency. Using mixed methodology, impact on students, patients, and staff are examined. Results indicate that students improved their attitudes toward the elderly, and death and dying; they also believed the experience caused personal and professional growth. Interviews with patients highlighted the importance of relationships and recognition, and staff identified benefits to students, patients, and the hospice agency. The conclusion is made that service learning is best perceived in a light of reciprocity and that this method of engagement offers opportunities for educators and practitioners. Finally, some tips are given for practitioners interested in developing such collaborations.

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