'How can the creative arts possibly be taught online?' Perspectives and experiences of online educators in Australian higher education
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Article Title | 'How can the creative arts possibly be taught online?' Perspectives and experiences of online educators in Australian higher education |
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ERA Journal ID | 20741 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Burke, Katie |
Journal Title | Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education |
Journal Citation | 49 (3), pp. 347-361 |
Number of Pages | 16 |
Year | 2020 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Place of Publication | Australia |
ISSN | 0311-2136 |
1359-866X | |
1469-2945 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/1359866X.2020.1777531 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1359866X.2020.1777531 |
Abstract | Many universities in Australia and internationally now offer education degrees entirely online, without any requirement for face-to-face learning on university campuses. The transition to online learning has occurred rapidly, and has had particularly strong uptake in Initial Teacher Education. This paper examines the perspectives and experiences of eight academics in Australian higher education who teach creative arts courses to pre-service teachers via online modes of delivery. Research indicates that insufficient opportunities have existed for some time in adequately providing opportunities to preservice teachers to develop the arts teaching and learning skills, and these concerns are potentially compounded in online contexts which do not readily permit the interpersonal, kinaesthetic and collaborative engagement with arts-specific materials and processes that are usually central to creative arts learning. Using in-depth interviews and thematic analysis, the researcher sought to understand the individual perspectives and experiences of arts academics who now deliver creative arts learning in teacher education online. The research reveals that arts learning must be significantly re-imagined for the online learner, that the potential to do this can be realised, but that additional support will be required to ensure this is a consistent reality. |
Keywords | Online learning; e-learning; creative arts; arts education; praxis |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390307. Teacher education and professional development of educators |
390405. Educational technology and computing | |
390101. Creative arts, media and communication curriculum and pedagogy | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q5vy1/-how-can-the-creative-arts-possibly-be-taught-online-perspectives-and-experiences-of-online-educators-in-australian-higher-education
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