The dual identity of the artist-teacher: what does teaching do to the artist-teacher in a contemporary educational context?
Year: 2015
Type: dissertation
Abstract: This research examines the personal and professional identity formation of\nartists who become art teachers and questions how they develop their professional\nteacher identities over time. Art teachers can often struggle with the loss of their art\npractice when they take up teaching positions in second-level schools (Dafiotis, 2013;\nGoetz Zirwan, 2006; Hall, 2010; Hickman, 2013, 2010; Thornton, 2013). Using a Life\nHistory approach, the research examines the identity formation of six artists who\nbecome art teachers; through the influence of home, their schooling, their artist\nformation, and their art teacher formation, into their professional life in the classroom.\nThe experiences of two beginning-art teachers, two mid-career art teachers and two\nend-of-career art teachers are viewed through the lens of their particular model of art\nteacher formation. In doing so, the study hopes to uncover the tensions and synergies\nthat art teachers experience in managing their teaching selves alongside their artistic\nselves.\nThree paradigms of art teacher education are used to frame the study of the\nartist-teacher 1) The Technical/Vocational Model, 2) The Expressivist Model and 3)\nThe Critical/Contextualist Model. The research draws on literature relating to three\nmain conceptual themes within a Social Constructivist Framework: Life History,\nConstructivism and Art Education theory. Ultimately, the research aims to shed light\non the nature of the formation of artist-teachers and argues that their Signature\nPedagogy (Shulman, 2005) is distinctive within schools. The data highlights how the\nbroader issues of current education curriculum policy impact on art teachers today. It\nasks to what extent the Signature Pedagogies of the creative art teacher are recognised\nand valued and whether these qualities might provide a roadmap for a model of general\neducation into the future.?
Author: Dervil Jordan
Language: English
Subfield: Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2889956828