{"title":"A Collection of Children's Artworks as Imaginative Openings","authors":"Geralyn (Gigi) Schroeder Yu","doi":"10.1111/jade.12567","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jade.12567","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article describes preservice art education students who curated an exhibition for a university gallery, using description and analysis as aesthetic inquiry processes. The students curated an exhibition that placed 1977 Central and Latin American and contemporary children's artworks in dialogue with each other. They constructed themes that facilitated visual comparisons between contexts and narratives and generated questions to inspire imaginative thinking for viewers. The process was inspired by the Prospect School's descriptive review process, which emphasizes suspending judgment and resisting the urge to critique children's artworks, allowing for expanded inquiries (Carini, 2001). Curating is described as a form of aesthetic inquiry where students engage their imagination and develop critical thinking skills through collecting, analyzing, categorizing, constructing, and creating opportunities for viewers to experience children's artworks. The exhibition displays historical and contemporary children's artworks, likening to a dialogue, with the preservice art education students taking on the role of facilitators of the discussion. The questions they generated served as imaginative openings to perceive children as artists and producers of their own cultural images.</p>","PeriodicalId":45973,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Art & Design Education","volume":"44 2","pages":"381-395"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143451420","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Imaginative Interdependence: Imagination, Speculation and Aesthesis","authors":"Dennis Atkinson","doi":"10.1111/jade.12565","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jade.12565","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper addresses the importance of creativity, speculative imagination and the production of novelty in pedagogic practices in art education and art practice. These terms refer to always incomplete assemblages or agencements of experiencing. Whitehead's ideas on imagination, speculation and propositions are linked with Stengers's work on speculation and the cosmic adventure. The paper proceeds to consider the notion of imaginative interdependence as a key leitmotif, illustrated by Haraway's (2016, p. 14) discussion of the children's game ‘cats cradle.’ Imaginative interdependence is then aligned with the notion of ‘agencement’ to move away from viewing practice or imagination as processes initiated by a prior or transcendent subjectivity, what we might call the phenomenological subject. In contrast, practice and imagination are conceived as emerging within agencements, interdependent relations, considered as cosmic adventures often involving human and non-human participants. Such adventures are explored and problematised in the context of art education. Questions arise involving the contrast between the dispositifs of institutionalised art education and local agencements of art practice that may not conform. The notion of aesthesis is introduced to explore these contrasts as well as that pertaining to the contrast between established conventions of art education and the rupturing force of art's education that may open new modes of sensing and becoming. To conclude the paper builds upon the notion of agencements of imaginative interdependence in the context of art education by emphasising the importance of aesthesis and Deleuze and Guattari's call for a new earth and a people to come.</p>","PeriodicalId":45973,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Art & Design Education","volume":"44 2","pages":"313-327"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jade.12565","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143418378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tahlia Lasczik, Alexandra Lasczik, Amy Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles
{"title":"Artivist Childhoods","authors":"Tahlia Lasczik, Alexandra Lasczik, Amy Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles","doi":"10.1111/jade.12562","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jade.12562","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The rise in the number of young people disengaged from mainstream schooling is reaching critical proportions. This paper explores a child-framed participatory inquiry known as The Walking A/r/tography Project, which sought to challenge, empower and engage youth at risk in one Special Assistance Secondary School in Southeast Queensland through a/r/tographic mappings of place and subsequent critical and creative experiences in the classroom studio. The young people were invited to the project as researchers, who collected, generated and analysed data, resulting in agentic activist positionings. Extensive literature supports the benefits of an Arts-rich environment, which can enable impactful social justice learnings and a deep awareness of social and political activism, particularly when they are experienced through contemporary artworks and artmaking practices. Such experiences and knowings can tie learning in, through and with the Arts directly to educational activism, where student voice and agency are foregrounded for the purposes of empowerment and disruptive, transformational learning. The findings of this study assert that young people at risk can co-create and reimagine their educational experiences to engage in schooling more positively as Artivists.</p>","PeriodicalId":45973,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Art & Design Education","volume":"44 2","pages":"462-478"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jade.12562","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143393002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Quiet Learner of the UK Art Classroom","authors":"Mags Ryder","doi":"10.1111/jade.12549","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jade.12549","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper investigates the perceptions and implications of quietness among students in the UK classroom, challenging the prevalent notion that vocal participation equates to engagement and success. Despite concerns from educators and parents about quiet students' engagement, this research explores how silence and quietness function as integral components of classroom dynamics. Through interviews with Year 11 students, the paper examines students' views on their quietness and its role in learning. The literature review reveals diverse conceptualisations of quietness, ranging from an absence of speech to positive social disengagement, attentive listening and creativity. Theoretical frameworks such as Figured Worlds and Flow Theory are employed to understand how students' identities and learning experiences are shaped by their quietness. The findings conclude that the negative perceptions of quiet students arise from a misunderstanding of quietness, advocating for a progressive view that recognises the benefits of 'quiet ways' in teaching and learning. Further research with educators is proposed to explore their perceptions of student quietness and its impact on educational practices. This study contributes to a nuanced understanding of classroom participation, challenging traditional expectations of vocal engagement.</p>","PeriodicalId":45973,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Art & Design Education","volume":"44 2","pages":"447-461"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jade.12549","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142988717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Influence Aesthetic Processes Can Have on Daycare Children's Play","authors":"Johan Bundgaard Nielsen","doi":"10.1111/jade.12561","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jade.12561","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article argues for a reconceptualisation of early childhood education, where learning and development are not only valued by outcome, and aims to investigate how aesthetic processes are organised in ways for the children to be inspired, to compare, explore, and play. Inspired by a Vygotsky perspective and his theories of play, imagination, and creativity, the article argues for developmental perspectives where transformation is driven by different kinds of experiences that lead to sustained change and not a one-sided passing of instructions from teacher to child. Drawing on ethnographic material from a qualitative research project implemented in Danish daycares, where an artist visited over a 3-month period, shows specific patterns in how the children are engaging in aesthetic processes and multiple ways that joint activities inspire the children to play. The research reveals new insights into the relationship between aesthetic processes and play, as it facilitates the exploration of not only the many layers of aesthetics but also how participation in joint activities enables the aesthetic process to become a cultural frame of reference that is used in Play.</p>","PeriodicalId":45973,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Art & Design Education","volume":"44 1","pages":"272-285"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jade.12561","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142987307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Design School for Social Innovation: Reflections on a Pilot Case in Japan","authors":"Fumiya Akasaka, Fuko Oura, Kentaro Watanabe","doi":"10.1111/jade.12559","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jade.12559","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The paradigm of design must drastically change to promote sustainable social development that considers not only economic growth but also human well-being and environmental sustainability. Some scholars argue that the central paradigm of design should focus more on the societal perspective. This article refers to such a socially oriented design approach as design for social innovation (DfSI). Our study identified key insights for designing and promoting a DfSI education programme by investigating and analysing a Japanese pilot case, the Design School at National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST-DS). Based on an analysis of in-depth interviews that we conducted with the AIST-DS programme managers and learners, we clarified the effectiveness and challenges of the programme. Furthermore, this article presents relevant design considerations for better planning and promotion of the DfSI education programme. Our case study findings are derived from a deep and detailed analysis, with practical implications for educators and researchers. Simultaneously, from an academic perspective, we hope that these findings will constitute a foothold for accumulating knowledge on DfSI education in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":45973,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Art & Design Education","volume":"44 1","pages":"254-271"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142968192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Visions of the Future of Craft Education","authors":"Sanna Mommo, Anna Kouhia, Marja-Leena Rönkkö","doi":"10.1111/jade.12548","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jade.12548","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study examines the history of craft education, especially in the context of social and temporal changes, and envisions its future based on narratives collected by student teachers at two Finnish universities. The research material covers essay responses that discussed the future of craft education in the light of forecasted megatrends. The essay responses were analysed using narrative methods, and the results are presented as visions of the priorities and content of future craft education. While craft teaching today emphasises technology, well-being and communal living, the growth of digitality, sustainable education and materiality is likely to continue in the future. We envision that future craft education will focus on pedagogical content rooted in craft traditions, with a strong emphasis on skills education.</p>","PeriodicalId":45973,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Art & Design Education","volume":"44 1","pages":"149-161"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142968189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Guodong Chen, Zuting Li, Qixun Zhao, Bei Kong, Yana Gao, Rong Pan
{"title":"Exploring the Effect of Cultural Inspiration Distance and Timing on Designer’ Creativity in Targeted Cultural Creative Design Pattern","authors":"Guodong Chen, Zuting Li, Qixun Zhao, Bei Kong, Yana Gao, Rong Pan","doi":"10.1111/jade.12554","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jade.12554","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Cultural creative design activity and education involve the application of cultural inspiration. This study examines the impact of cultural inspiration distance and timing on designer’ creativity in Targeted Cultural Creative Design Pattern (TCCDP). Four design novice groups attended the cultural product design experiment with a combination of distance (far or near-cultural inspiration) and timing (receiving inspiration at the beginning or during design). Each participant produced multiple ideas and one final concept based on a given product theme. The results showed an Interaction Effect between distance and timing on idea quantity, with timing having a greater impact on far-cultural inspiration (FCI) than near-cultural inspiration (NCI). Exposure to FCI generated the most ideas at the beginning, while during design, the opposite was observed. Exposure to NCI generated a similar idea quantity in both timing. Distance displayed a Main Effect on concept quality, with exposure to NCI achieving higher quality (novelty; feasibility) final concept than exposure to FCI. It was also found that generating more ideas did not necessarily result in higher quality; a more effective strategy might generate a small number of ideas (about 5), and subsequently deepening and optimising the ideas. These findings are helpful to understand the role of cultural inspiration in cultural creative design education and practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":45973,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Art & Design Education","volume":"44 1","pages":"191-210"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142968187","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Digital Infographic Creation in Design Education: A Participatory Learning Algorithm Measuring Location-Based Spatial Impact","authors":"Emel Birer, Esin Hasgül, Elif Gizem Metin","doi":"10.1111/jade.12551","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jade.12551","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Design education includes many pursuits that deal with creativity, thinking and visual communication techniques in the learning process. This study aims to create a participatory learning algorithm based on a location, while measuring the spatial impact through an emergent situation. The exemplified issue is determined as fire that emerged due to climate change, which has become a significant agenda of the 21st century in most countries. The scope of the study is based on the creation of an algorithm for participatory learning techniques by using social media to create digital infographics in a workshop redefining Mugla, an affected place after the fire. The workshop context is designed to reveal the interaction between humankind and its natural environment, including nature, topography, animals, aids and all actors affected after the fire, while students are involved in research practices on participatory learning, using the diary method as a pedagogical research tool. The outputs of the participatory learning algorithm examine the informative part of the produced digital infographics with ethnomethodology and the visual part with descriptive analysis as a hybrid methodology taking data materials from social media. Cumulative results that reflect the location-based spatial impact are measured with a coding system of frequencies and a time-series data of polar mapping. We propose that such a participatory learning algorithm can improve students' visual communication, design creation, visualisation, expression of ideas and organisation of knowledge skills with the discipline of working together to make multilayered spatial readings.</p>","PeriodicalId":45973,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Art & Design Education","volume":"44 1","pages":"162-176"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142974668","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring the Artistic Identity of Elementary Art Teachers","authors":"Tara Carpenter Estrada, Molly Neves, Connie Broadbent, Kara Aina, Rachel Wadham","doi":"10.1111/jade.12557","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jade.12557","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Art teachers straddle two identities those of a teacher and those of an artist. While these two identities may complement each other it is clear that, particularly for elementary art teachers, they are often in conflict. As art teachers look towards balancing this dichotomy, they must discover what is necessary to equalise and maintain both their teaching and artistic identities. This self-study offers the practical reflections of three elementary art teachers to identify some trends and connections between developing teacher identities and the strategies they use to maintain an artistic identity. Discovering how elementary art teachers prioritise their own artistic practice shows us that as they balance both identities, they can gain energy and inspiration from their practice while at the same time allowing their students to benefit from their deeper understanding of the art world.</p>","PeriodicalId":45973,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Art & Design Education","volume":"44 1","pages":"227-238"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142961399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}