Expressive Observations: Using A/R/Tography to Engender Empathy in Visual Arts Classroom Observations
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| Title: | Expressive Observations: Using A/R/Tography to Engender Empathy in Visual Arts Classroom Observations |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Jeff Horwat (ORCID |
| Source: | Art Education. 2025 78(4):15-22. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 8 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Empathy, Art Education, Visual Arts, Art Teachers, Observation, Field Studies, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education |
| Geographic Terms: | New Mexico |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00043125.2025.2515805 |
| ISSN: | 0004-3125 2325-5161 |
| Abstract: | For many preservice art educators, observing a visual arts classroom is an essential step in becoming an art teacher. Fieldwork observations are critical, as they are one of the first opportunities preservice art educators have in teacher training programs to reacquaint themselves with preK-12 visual arts classrooms before student teaching. In this project, the authors were interested in how approaching observations with students as arts-based research might deepen their understanding and create awareness of the less noticeable and dynamic relationships in art classrooms. How might preservice art educators observe and study the relational aspects of teaching and learning that occur in visual arts classrooms while doing field observations? If drawing from a case study approach to document the classroom was limiting what preservice art educators were studying, what other research approaches might engender a more holistic framework for student observations? To address this problem, the authors began designing a project to help preservice art educators observe and study the relational aspects of teaching art. This article illustrates the project called Expressive Observations, which employs a/r/tography to support preservice art educators' study and understanding of the relational dimensions of teaching art. |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1490887 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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