"Digging Deep": Self-Study as a Reflexive Approach to Improving My Practice as an Artist, Researcher and Teacher

Autor/in	Scott, Lee
Titel	"Digging Deep": Self-Study as a Reflexive Approach to Improving My Practice as an Artist, Researcher and Teacher
Quelle	In: Perspectives in Education, 32 (2014) 2, S.69-88 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0258-2236
Schlagwörter	Self Evaluation (Individuals); Pictorial Stimuli; Prompting; Creative Teaching; Art Products; Values; Painting (Visual Arts); Artists; Personal Narratives; Foreign Countries; Teaching Methods; Story Telling; Reflection; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fantasieanregung; Benutzerführung; Creative thinking; Teaching; Kreatives Denken; Unterricht; Künstlerische Produktion; Wertbegriff; Malerei; Artiste; Artist; Künstler; Künstlerin; Erlebniserzählung; Ausland; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	In this article, I show how I enhanced my understanding of my practice as an artist, researcher and teacher using a self-study approach in my recently completed Master of Technology (M.Tech.) dissertation in Graphic Design. As part of my M.Tech. research, I conceptualised and developed a creative teaching tool that I named "PicTopics." PicTopics are palm-sized cards with pictographic illustrations similar to street signage. I used these PicTopics in a variety of ways, but essentially as creative prompts to foster a variety of creative educational skills within the university, and personally as a tool to generate my own artistic expression at a deeper level. I demonstrate the re-storying of my learning through writing about these artworks as visual indicators of my values, personal and professional growth. I show how the paintings reflect my experiences and perceptions of my youth, their effect on my adult self, my individuality and ultimately my teaching self. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Perspectives in Education. Faculty of Education, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9301, South Africa. Fax: +27-51-401-7044; e-mail: pie@ufs.ac.za; Web site: http://search.sabinet.co.za/pie
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10