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      Paradox and promise in joint school/university arts research

      Fraser, Deborah; Henderson, Clare L.; Price, Graham
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      Fraser, D., Henderson, C. & Price, G.(2007). Paradox and promise in joint school/university arts research. Journal of Artistic and Creative Education, 1(1), 205-220.
      Permanent Research Commons link: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/2012
      Abstract
      Collaborative university and school research projects are inevitably labour intensive endeavours that require the careful negotiation of trust and the joint development of critique of current practice. While this raises tension it also builds generative communities of inquiry that can enhance both theory and practice.

      This paper reports on an Arts project undertaken in primary classrooms between university staff and generalist teacher co-researchers focusing on children’s idea development in dance, drama, music and art. This two year project is briefly outlined and some issues that arise in school research are explored. Project collaborators need to exercise caution in their examination of practice and strive to resist premature closure. All parties need to hold the tension of apparent contradictions, being both interested (in effective Arts pedagogy) and disinterested (in order to heighten perception) so that they might ‘surprise themselves in a landscape of practice with which many are very familiar indeed’ (McWilliam 2004:14). These issues and paradoxes in collaborative research are considered alongside some particular processes that build school and university partnerships.
      Date
      2007
      Type
      Journal Article
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      University of Melbourne
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      This article has been published in Journal of Artistic and Creative Education. © 2007 University of Melbourne. Used with Permission.
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