Improving the Uptake of Arts Education for Student Wellbeing: A Collaborative Autoethnography That Highlights Potential Areas of Focus

Judith Dinham; Margaret Baguley; Susan Simon; Merryl Goldberg; Martin Kerby

doi:10.26209/ijea25n2

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Improving the Uptake of Arts Education for Student Wellbeing: A Collaborative Autoethnography That Highlights Potential Areas of Focus

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Improving the Uptake of Arts Education for Student Wellbeing: A Collaborative Autoethnography That Highlights Potential Areas of Focus

Judith Dinham, Margaret Baguley, Susan Simon, Merryl Goldberg and Martin Kerby

International Journal of Education & the Arts, Vol.25(2), pp.1-22

2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26209/ijea25n2

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Abstract

In a challenging world, the spotlight on children's wellbeing has strengthened. There is extensive research about the ways in which well-designed arts education programs positively impact children's wellbeing. Despite this, arts education continues to be marginalised in schools. When researchers with arts education and leadership experience teamed up to consider the intransient nature of the resistance to arts education in primary/elementary schools, they conducted a collaborative autoethnography (CAE) to see if this offered new insights. The iterative process of sharing and interrogating personal stories to distil collective meanings (themes) highlighted four features of education programs that provide sustained support for children's wellbeing: centering in a discordant world; effective leadership; experiential processes, engagement, and trust; and harnessing the transformative potential of the arts. The CAE also pointed the team towards conducting future inquiries about the currently under-researched role of the school principal in instigating cultural change that sustains meaningful arts education.

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Title: Improving the Uptake of Arts Education for Student Wellbeing: A Collaborative Autoethnography That Highlights Potential Areas of Focus
Authors: Judith Dinham - Curtin University
Margaret Baguley - Univ Southern Queensland, Arts Educ Curriculum & Pedag, Darling Hts, Qld, Australia
Susan Simon - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Education and Tertiary Access
Merryl Goldberg - California State University, San Marcos
Martin Kerby - University of Southern Queensland
Publication details: International Journal of Education & the Arts, Vol.25(2), pp.1-22; 22
Publisher: Penn State University Libraries Open Publishing
Date published: 2024
DOI: 10.26209/ijea25n2
ISSN: 1529-8094
Copyright note: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (CC BY-NC)
Organisation Unit: School of Education and Tertiary Access
Language: English
Record Identifier: 991008898402621
Output Type: Journal article

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