Interactive group activity: a socially mediated tool for opening an interpretive space in classroom research

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dc.contributor.authorWhyte, Barbara
dc.contributor.authorFraser, Deborah
dc.contributor.authorAitken, Vivienne Jane
dc.contributor.authorPrice, Graham
dc.date.accessioned2012-11-04T21:16:02Z
dc.date.available2012-11-04T21:16:02Z
dc.date.copyright2012-09-21
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractAn ongoing challenge in classroom research is to understand children’s perspectives on their learning. While learning is highly individual, it is also significantly social and this raises methodological challenges. An Interactive Group Activity (IGA) is one of several data collection strategies used during the action research phase of the Connecting Curriculum, Connecting Learningproject (2010–2011) focusing on arts-based curriculum integration. This article concentrates on the IGA tool as a means of uncovering children’s meaning making following an extended period of learning. Of particular note is the use of an arts pedagogical device to introduce the IGA to children, a device that frames the purpose of the task. In effect, the IGA acts as a group assessment device underlining the socially mediated nature of children’s learning. This article describes how the IGA tool evolved, gives its form and structure, argues for its affordances and suggests possibilities for its wider use.en_NZ
dc.identifier.citationWhyte, B., Fraser, D., Aitken, V., and Price, G. (2012). Interactive group activity: a socially mediated tool for opening an interpretive space in classroom research. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, article published online: 21 Sep 2012.en_NZ
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09518398.2012.725140en_NZ
dc.identifier.issn1366-5898
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/6791
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_NZ
dc.relation.isPartOfInternational Journal of Qualitative Studies in Educationen_NZ
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
dc.subjectchildren’s meaning makingen_NZ
dc.subjectinterpretative spaceen_NZ
dc.subjectresearcher in roleen_NZ
dc.subjectmetaxisen_NZ
dc.subjectembodied knowingen_NZ
dc.titleInteractive group activity: a socially mediated tool for opening an interpretive space in classroom researchen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Articleen_NZ
pubs.begin-page1en_NZ
pubs.elements-id38001
pubs.end-page22en_NZ
pubs.issue8en_NZ
pubs.volume26en_NZ
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