Creative pedagogies and collaboration: an action research project |
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| Authors: | Aaron M Kuntz Marni M Presnall Maria Priola Amy Tilford Rhiannon Ward |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Educational Studies , University of Alabama , Tuscaloosa , AL , USA akuntz@bamaed.ua.edu;3. Department of English , University of Massachusetts Amherst , Amherst , MA , USA;4. Tuscaloosa City Schools , Tuscaloosa , AL , USA |
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| Abstract: | This action research study involves nine elementary school teacher-researchers, one university faculty member, and one graduate student engaged in developing creative pedagogical practices in one elementary school in an urban school in Alabama, USA. Participants found that a teacher’s experience of agency and their ability to work creatively depended upon a clear articulation of structures and the identification of areas of flexibility and possibility. Further, participants endeavored to promote avenues for ongoing communication and collaboration between teachers and the principal with the view that creativity based in communication would sustain transformative dialogues in the school. |
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| Keywords: | creativity collaboration pedagogy dialogue professional development |
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