Narrating Teachers’ Professional Development : Arts-Based Creative Expression in Educational Research
Year of publication
2024
Authors
Martin, Anne; Kostiainen, Emma
Abstract
This chapter narrates two teacher educators’ journeys into arts-based narrative research. We explore utilising creative expression in the different phases of narrative research and introduce five research projects that use (written or visual) creative expression in (1) data collection, (2) data analysis, and (3) result presentation and the communication of the study to the audience. While mirroring the previous literature, we discuss our experiences of incorporating creative expression in narrative research. Our research focuses on the professional development of pre- and in-service teachers, and our experience is recounted through creative processes. Further, we emphasise the unique voices and experiences of pre- and in-service teachers, as well as our own researcher voices. By narrating our own journeys verbally and visually, we adopt the position of storyteller researchers. Based on previous literature and our own research, we aim to offer examples of intertwining creative expression with narrative research. We suggest that arts-based methods can help us deepen our understanding of the studied phenomena and communicate our research findings in an evocative style that can be more easily approached than traditional academic texts.
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Publication type
Publication format
Article
Parent publication type
Compilation
Article type
Other article
Audience
ScientificPeer-reviewed
Peer-ReviewedMINEDU's publication type classification code
A3 Book section, Chapters in research booksPublication channel information
Parent publication name
Narratives in Educational Research : Methodological Perspectives
Parent publication editors
Hyry-Beihammer, Eeva Kaisa; Ylitapio-Mäntylä, Outi; Uitto, Minna
Publisher
Pages
137-157
ISBN
Publication forum
Publication forum level
2
Open access
Open access in the publisher’s service
No
Self-archived
Yes
Other information
Fields of science
Educational sciences
Keywords
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Publication country
Switzerland
Internationality of the publisher
International
Language
English
International co-publication
No
Co-publication with a company
No
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-68350-3_9
The publication is included in the Ministry of Education and Culture’s Publication data collection
Yes