This paper reports data from a study investigating distributed leadership (DL) and its
relationship to social justice and democratic values. The research comprised a case study of …

This article contributes to theorising the value of collage as a methodological approach. It
begins with a discussion of the methodological difficulties of exploring hidden meanings and …

Arts-based practices, although familiar in some areas of educational research have the
capacity to surprise and to shock: they hold promise but also pose risks. In this essay we …

These vignettes capture tensions buried beneath the surface of the field of research focusing
on teacher knowledge. These recollections provide an opening through which we introduce …

University lecturers need to help their students to develop ways of being that will allow them
to flourish amidst uncertainty. Professional development workshops involving artwork and …

Nurse education is characterised by dissonance, ambiguity and uncertainty. Such a context
makes demands on the educator's authenticity or sense of self. This paper reports an …

Understanding how teachers come to know and make sense of teaching is a challenging
endeavor. Uncovering elusive strands of thinking through arts-informed approaches has the …

Making meaning with narrative shapes: what arts-based research methods offer
educational practitioners and researchers Page 1 Please do not remove this page Making …

This chapter explores Dewey's construct of aesthetic experience and the role that the
aesthetic plays in knowing: knowing as a coherence of things to be known, developing one's …

The stories of our lives are important. They are a fundamental way in which we know
ourselves and are known by others. However, in educational worlds our stories are often …