Practice Theory: Seeing the Power of Art Teacher Researchers

by Melanie L. Buffington (Editor), Sara Wilson McKay (Editor)

Teachers are powerful individuals who have the ability to effect change and meaningful educational reform. Teachers and researchers can benefit from the rich knowledge and experience of art teachers, university faculty members, and museum educators who may balance multiple roles. Examples beyond public school classrooms include senior citizen centers, preschools, museums, and international sites. This collaboration of voices-including those of the authors, a graduate student, and a wide range of researchers with various perspectives on how research occurs in art education-will help new researchers and teachers who may not have considered conducting research as a possibility for them, find a glimpse of themselves as a teacher-researcher.

310 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[Peaches · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a really decent intro to researchers who teach art. I loved that they had examples and a range of methods such as portraiture and a/r/tography and I also love how the editors/authors explain how teachers are innately researchers. I knew a lot about practitioner action research already, so I wouldn't cal it life-changing, but it is definitely helpful and welcoming to new researchers.