Teaching Writing through the Arts in Urban Secondary Schools: A Case Study

AbstractIn secondary schools, English teachers are often made responsible for writing results in national testing. Yet there have been few studies that focussed on this key group, or on how pedagogical practices have been impacted in the teaching of writing in their classrooms. This study investigated practices of English teachers in four secondary schools across different states, systems and regions. It developed a novel method of case study at a distance that required no classroom presence or school visits for the researchers and allowed a multi-sited and geographically dispersed design. Teachers were invited to select classroom artefacts pertaining to the teaching of writing in their English classes, compile individualised e-portfolios and reflect on these items in writing and in digitally conducted interviews, as well as elaborating on their broader philosophies and feelings about the teaching of writing. Despite and sometimes because of NAPLAN, these teachers held strong views on explicit teaching of elements of writing, but approached these in different ways. The artefacts that they created animated their teaching practices, connected them to their students and their subject, suggested both the pressure of externally driven homogenising approaches to writing and the creative individualised responses of skilled teachers within their unique contexts. In addition to providing granular detail about pedagogical practices in the teaching of writing in the NAPLAN era, the contribution of this paper lies in its methodological adaptation of case study at a distance through teacher-curated artefact portfolios that enabled a deep dive into individual teachers’ practices.

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Case Study of Autonomous Public Secondary Schools on Practices of Competency-based Education

Korean Educational Research Association ◽

10.30916/kera.58.2.161 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 58 (2) ◽

pp. 161-190

Author(s):

Su-Jin Choi ◽

Sang-wan Park

Keyword(s):

Secondary Schools ◽

Competency Based Education ◽

Competency Based

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Holism In The Efl Classroom The Impact Of Implementing Suggestopedia Method In Enhancing Students’ Performance In Speaking Skill In Libyan Secondary Schools:, A Case Study Of Al Wifak Secondary School- Kufrah

10.37376/1570-000-022-004 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Ahmed Sanoussi Himeda Al Jawad

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Secondary Schools ◽

Speaking Skill ◽

The Impact

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The Power of Art to Cope With Trauma: Psychosocial Intervention After the Tsunami in Japan

Journal of Humanistic Psychology ◽

10.1177/0022167820982144 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 002216782098214

Author(s):

Tami Gavron

Keyword(s):

Natural Disasters ◽

Psychosocial Intervention ◽

Cultural Context ◽

Psychosocial Interventions ◽

Kindergarten Teachers ◽

Japanese Culture ◽

Art Making ◽

Cultural Expression ◽

The Arts

This article describes the significance of an art-based psychosocial intervention with a group of 9 head kindergarten teachers in Japan after the 2011 tsunami, as co-constructed by Japanese therapists and an Israeli arts therapist. Six core themes emerged from the analysis of a group case study: (1) mutual playfulness and joy, (2) rejuvenation and regaining control, (3) containment of a multiplicity of feelings, (4) encouragement of verbal sharing, (5) mutual closeness and support, and (6) the need to support cultural expression. These findings suggest that art making can enable coping with the aftermath of natural disasters. The co-construction underscores the value of integrating the local Japanese culture when implementing Western arts therapy approaches. It is suggested that art-based psychosocial interventions can elicit and nurture coping and resilience in a specific cultural context and that the arts and creativity can serve as a powerful humanistic form of posttraumatic care.

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A new renaissance for creativity in technology and the arts in the context of virtual worlds

The Visual Computer ◽

10.1007/s00371-021-02182-7 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

R. A. Earnshaw

Keyword(s):

Digital Media ◽

Virtual Worlds ◽

Web Pages ◽

The Arts ◽

Diverse Environment ◽

Research Environments ◽

Interdisciplinary Collaborations ◽

The Future ◽

New Ideas

AbstractWhere do new ideas come from and how are they generated? Which of these ideas will be potentially useful immediately, and which will be more ‘blue sky’? For the latter, their significance may not be known for a number of years, perhaps even generations. The progress of computing and digital media is a relevant and useful case study in this respect. Which visions of the future in the early days of computing have stood the test of time, and which have vanished without trace? Can this be used as guide for current and future areas of research and development? If one Internet year is equivalent to seven calendar years, are virtual worlds being utilized as an effective accelerator for these new ideas and their implementation and evaluation? The nature of digital media and its constituent parts such as electronic devices, sensors, images, audio, games, web pages, social media, e-books, and Internet of Things, provides a diverse environment which can be viewed as a testbed for current and future ideas. Individual disciplines utilise virtual worlds in different ways. As collaboration is often involved in such research environments, does the technology make these collaborations effective? Have the limits of disciplinary approaches been reached? The importance of interdisciplinary collaborations for the future is proposed and evaluated. The current enablers for progressing interdisciplinary collaborations are presented. The possibility for a new Renaissance between technology and the arts is discussed.

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Urban Regeneration: From the Arts `Feel Good' Factor to the Cultural Economy: A Case Study of Hoxton, London

Urban Studies ◽

10.1177/0042098009103854 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 46 (5-6) ◽

pp. 1041-1061 ◽

Cited By ~ 156

Author(s):

Andy C. Pratt

Keyword(s):

Service Sector ◽

Urban Regeneration ◽

Cultural Economy ◽

Cultural Industries ◽

Industrial City ◽

Policy Debates ◽

The Arts ◽

Post Industrial

This paper seeks to examine critically the role of culture in the continued development, or regeneration, of `post-industrial' cities. First, it is critical of instrumental conceptions of culture with regard to urban regeneration. Secondly, it is critical of the adequacy of the conceptual framework of the `post-industrial city' (and the `service sector') as a basis for the understanding and explanation of the rise of cultural industries in cities. The paper is based upon a case study of the transformation of a classic, and in policy debates a seminal, `cultural quarter': Hoxton Square, North London. Hoxton, and many areas like it, are commonly presented as derelict parts of cities which many claim have, through a magical injection of culture, been transformed into dynamic destinations. The paper suggests a more complex and multifaceted causality based upon a robust concept of the cultural industries as industry rather than as consumption.

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