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Making and Relational Creativity: An exploration of relationships that arise through creative practices in informal making spaces
Bennett, Lindsey H.
Bennett, Lindsey H.
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2019-09-27
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This thesis investigates the connections between making and relational
creativity, exploring relationships that arise through creative practices
in informal making spaces. As the researcher, my background is that
of both artist and educator, and I combine both roles to work alongside
students within the space. The aims of the study are to explore the
impact such spaces have on teachers professional relationships with
students together with the impact on student relationships. In addition,
the research also aims to address the implications of informal making
spaces for the school curriculum in England. The research is centred
around the A/R/Tography Collective, a making space created to allow
students the opportunity to meet and create after school outside of
lesson time. The research builds on the democratic learning practices
of Room 13 and Reggio Emilia models of learning. Using a qualitative
approach within a narrative paradigm in the form of case study, I work
alongside students within the field. By employing an immersive
approach where field notes were written up retrospectively and
reflected upon, I have been able to offer a holistic and balanced account
of both my own and participant experiences, exposing the complexities
and problematic nature of creative practices emerging outside of the
curriculum framework. My findings reveal that by deconstructing
traditional pedagogical frameworks, the lived experiences of students
are revealed through the process of making, providing a unique insight
into their lives. The findings suggest that the current art and design
curriculum in England is not meeting the needs of students, and
recommends the value of making spaces that exist outside of the
curriculum framework to enhance learner experience. The research
recommends that by allowing students freedom of expression within
curriculum time, relationships between students and teacher are
developed and strengthened. This in turn positively impacts on student
performance within curriculum time. The research recommends the
need for educators to inhabit a more holistic role, to tailor their
pedagogy to meet the individual, ever changing needs of students.
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Bennett, L. H. (2019). Making and Relational Creativity: An exploration of relationships that arise through creative practices in informal making spaces (Doctoral dissertation). University of Chester, UK.
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University of Chester
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