developing agency & voice through creative investigation
research as art : art as research
Research Methodology • Pedagogy • Curriculum
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Student notebook, by Elle McDougald
Investigation: Home
Framing art as research presents a new vision of art practice; making art is understood to be less about producing aesthetic objects and images and more about exploring a topic or idea, responding intellectually and emotionally to it, and interpreting one’s impressions artistically. Art can be used as a lens for research in any discipline. Research-based art making has a methodology, where art classrooms are Research Studios.
Our "Research Studio" model has 3 important components that intertwine:
Research Methodology • Pedagogy • Curriculum
This website holds the tools to help you understand
and implement arts-based research in your classroom
to create your own "Research Studio".
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Research Workbook created by
Elle McDougald
Our "Research Studio" model mirrors elements of Reggio Emilia,
Constructivism and Scientific Research in several important ways,
and applies them to the high school art classroom.
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This art as research model positions the student and teacher as collaborators and researchers.
It values the student as strong, capable and resilient. Experiential learning and
inquiry are at the center, but supported with structures to help
students succeed in independent research.It values interaction with peers
as a valuable source for learning. It values documentation, metacognition and
revisiting earlier learning to foster deeper understanding. Most importantly, this is not a method, but a model for creative arts-based research that can be adjusted and
adapted to different teaching styles, subject areas and students.
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Reggio Emilia • Research Methods • Constructivism
STUDENT WORK
NOTEBOOK PAGES
ARTWORKS
STUDENTS AT WORK
PUBLICATIONS
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Art Studio as Thinking Lab: Encouraging Metacognition in the Art Classroom
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The fundamental theories, principles and activities that we use to help build the framework for teaching arts as research.
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Art Practice as Research
in the Classroom
The tenets and pedagogy of arts-based research explained, by following the art as research of one student.
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STUDENTS SAY...
