Visual dialogue: learning journeys, 21st century skills, and arts-based research in the university art studio

dc.contributor.advisorHemmer, Lynn
dc.contributor.authorMonsivais, Leonel Enrique
dc.contributor.authorMonsivais, Leonel Enrique
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSmith, Nancy J.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberElliff, D. Scott
dc.contributor.committeeMemberKatz, Louis
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSmith, Nancy J.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberElliff, D. Scott
dc.contributor.committeeMemberKatz, LouisSmith, Nancy J.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberElliff, D. Scott
dc.contributor.committeeMemberKatz, Louis
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-27T16:28:00Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-27T16:28:00Z2018-03-27T16:28:00Z
dc.date.available2018-03-27T16:28:00Z
dc.date.available2018-03-27T16:28:00Z2018-03-27T16:28:00Z
dc.date.issued2017-12
dc.date.issued2017-122017-122017-12
dc.description.abstractAlignment between liberal arts and professional preparation has a distinct, if not complex, historical relationship. However, little is known about how university art professors engage students in learning experiences that are situated in contemporary conditions of globalization, innovation, and technology. This study investigated how art instruction was used to create learning journeys that capture 21st century social and vocational outcomes through the experiences of two art educators and two students. An arts-based research design was used, blending conventional data collection (interviews/observations) with alternative forms of representation (drawings/sculpture). The context, social setting of the study, and the art studio, were presented, along with how the deliberate methods that studio art professors used in studio art instruction created student professional learning that prepares students to address workplace, and global challenges. The critical findings suggest that intellectual rigor was fostered between the arts and professional practice by including (1) technical elements of art education, (2) artistic work activities for students to access deeper areas of their psychological/social experience, and (3) opportunities for students to explore personal imagery as a means to prepare them for increasingly complex life and work environments. In turn, students engaged in new experiences, processes, and techniques to curate a personalized learning journey, extending beyond the boundaries of studio-based courses. The findings centered on how the participants recognized that specific skills, knowledge, and identity served students to construct their learning journeys. The critical themes identified surrounding students’ learning journeys centered on students’ approaches to learning, artistic development, being enterprising, communication and support, and setting personal standards. Students demonstrated mastery of 21st century skills, such as critical thinking, flexibility/adaptability, initiative, productivity, leadership, and social/cross-cultural skills by adapting to change, through a discipline of “making something out of nothing.”en_US
dc.description.collegeCollege of Education and Human Developmenten_US
dc.description.departmentEducational Leadership, Curriculum & Instructionen_US
dc.format.extent159 pagesen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.6/24405
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.6/24405http://hdl.handle.net/1969.6/24405http://hdl.handle.net/1969.6/24405
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.rightsThis material is made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used should be fully credited with its source. All rights are reserved and retained regardless of current or future development or laws that may apply to fair use standards. Permission for publication of this material, in part or in full, must be secured with the author and/or publisher.en_US
dc.subjectarts-based researchen_US
dc.subjectcognitive apprenticeshipen_US
dc.subjecteducational leadershipen_US
dc.subjectlearning journeyen_US
dc.subjectsituated learningen_US
dc.subjectuniversity studio artsen_US
dc.titleVisual dialogue: learning journeys, 21st century skills, and arts-based research in the university art studioen_US
dc.typeTexten_US
dc.type.genreDissertationen_US
dcterms.typeText
thesis.degree.disciplineEducational Leadershipen_US
thesis.degree.grantorTexas A & M University--Corpus Christien_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Educationen_US

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