Arts-based Methods and Organizational Learning: Higher Education Around the World (Palgrave Studies in Business, Arts and Humanities)

This thematic volume explores the relationship between the arts and learning in various educational contexts and across cultures, but with a focus on higher education and organizational learning. Arts-based interventions are at the heart of this volume, which addresses how they are conceived, designed, carried out, and assessed in different higher educational and cultural contexts. Readers will discover diverse perspectives of the contributing authors from across the world and from a variety of settings: formal education, informal learning for adults and organisational learning. A necessary introductory conceptualisation sets the stage for the discussion of the different cases, with chapters presented according to the art forms the address: performing arts, dance, music, language arts, visual arts, multi-arts and a conclusive chapter on future perspectives for arts-based educational approaches. __Arts-based Methods and Organisational Learning: Higher Education Around the World__ will inspire and inform both scholars and practitioners who are dealing with the arts in education and organisations. Contents 7 Editors and Contributors 10 List of Figures 20 List of Tables 22 Tracing Arts-Based Methods in Higher Education 23 The Complex Field 23 Arts, Education and Creativity 25 Stealing from the Artist 28 The Arts in Organisational Studies 30 Higher Education and ABM Experimentation 33 The Volume 34 References 37 Transgressive or Instrumental? A Paradigm for the Arts as Learning and Development 41 Practices of Transgression or Instrumentalisation? 41 Methodological Note 43 The Arts Transgressing Borders 44 Creative Transgressions 46 Breaking or Making the Rules 48 Learning Transgression 48 The Arts Applied to Learning 49 Intentionality 50 Utilitarianism 52 The Construction of Learning 53 Two Sides of the Same Paradigm 56 The Transgression and Value of Novelty 58 Conclusion 59 References 61 Theatre in Military Education: Play and Reality 63 Introduction 63 Theatre of War 65 Military Education and Exercises 66 Education Through Theatre 67 Theatre as Play 68 The Current Study 70 Four Narratives 71 The Mass Demonstration 71 The Platoon Leader 72 The Toilet Fight 73 The Lost Gun 75 Experiences Across the Narratives 76 Social Comparison 77 Emotions in Action 78 Between Play and Reality 80 Identity in Situation 81 Closing Comments 82 References 83 Performance Art as a Form of Psychological Experiment 86 Introduction 86 Psychological Experiment 86 Performance Art 88 Performance Art in Psychological Research 89 Methods 90 Results 94 Discussion 97 Conclusion 99 References 100 Approaches to Enhancing Student Learning: A Quality-Assured, Creative and Performing-Arts Model 103 Introduction 103 Student Learning and the Creative and Performing Arts 105 Beyond the Traditional Learning Context 107 Research Led Practice in the Performing Arts 109 Collaboration and Experiential Learning in the Performing Arts 111 Assessing Creative and Performing Arts Practice 113 Quality Assurance in the Performing Arts 114 Case Study: The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) 115 NIDA’s Creative and Performing Arts Model 117 Student Learning and Course Delivery 119 Student Learning Environment at NIDA 120 Embedding Collaboration in the Learning at NIDA 122 Learning Beyond the Curriculum at NIDA 124 Shifting Focus to Enhance Learning Opportunities 126 Quality Assured Collaborative Learning at NIDA 127 Artists in Residence and Mentors and Their Impact 128 Conclusion 129 References 131 Understanding Dance Through Authentic Choreographic and A/r/tographic Experiences 134 Orientation 134 Background 137 Dance in the Australian Curriculum 138 Learning Experiences: Choreography 140 Dance in Higher Education 142 Choreographic Practice and Theoretical Underpinnings 143 Dance Analysis 146 A/r/tography as Methodology 148 The Pilot Study 150 Pilot Study Data Analysis 152 Understandings 154 Conclusion 157 References 159 OPEART: Music Theatre Productions Within Teacher Education: Enhancing Communal Engaged Learning 165 In the Shadow of Pisa Research 165 Finnish School Enjoyment Under the Magnifying Glass 167 School Enjoyment, Participation and a Culture of Silence 168 Attempts to Solve the Issues Through Teacher Education in Different Universities in Finland 171 Opeart—A New Approach in Teacher Education 173 What Actually Happens in Opeart: An Example of a Production Process 175 Communal Engaged Learning 178 The Culture of Focusing on Students’ Strengths Is Deeply Rooted in Finnish Teacher Education 182 The Culture of Certainty and Avoidance of Uncertainty 183 Conclusion 185 References 185 Learning Entrepreneurship by Hand Clapping: ABM in Use in Entrepreneurship Education 189 Introduction 189 Case Description: The Exercise of Hand Clapping to Teach Entrepreneurship 191 The Exploration Part 191 Exploit Part 192 Debrief/Discussion 192 Theory 193 Our Perspective on Arts-Based Methods 194 Body Sound Theory 195 The Explore/Exploit Phenomenon: A Relational Perspective 197 Methodology 200 Results 201 Explore Vs Exploit 201 Should I Stay or Should I Go 202 Departing from the “Original” 203 Risk-Taking 205 Use of Resources 205 Students’ Perceptions of the Class 206 Discussion 208 Conclusion 211 References 211 Letter Writing as a Social and Artistic Pedagogical Process: A Cross-Cultural and Transnational Dialogue Based on International Experiences of Higher Education Across Global Continents 215 Preamble 215 Introduction 217 On the Context of the Narrated Experience Developed as a Meaningful Qualitative Research Method 218 On Utilising Our Pedagogical Knowledge as Implications for Forming International Learning Communities 223 Summary and Implications 225 Concluding Comments and Closing 227 References 227 Arts and Medicine: Connecting the Arts and Humanities to Professional Education 230 Introduction 230 Literature 232 Methodology 234 Research Context 234 Participants 235 Data Generation and Analysis 235 Findings and Discussion 236 Empathy 236 Ethical Practice 239 Philosophical Reasoning 241 Interpretative and Reflective Thinking 245 Emotion Management 249 Transformation 251 Reflection and Further Perspectives 251 References 255 Developing a Transdisciplinary University in Finland Through Arts-Based Practices 258 Introduction 258 Aalto University’s Transdisciplinary Element: Art and Creative Practices 260 Learning Transdisciplinarity: University-Wide Art Studies 265 University Pedagogy at the Limits of Disciplines 271 Conclusions 275 References 277 Using Art-Based Techniques in Faculty Training Programmes 281 Introduction 281 Research Questions 283 Review of the Literature 284 Faculty Development 284 Faculty Training Programmes 285 Art-Based Research, Inquiry, and Learning 286 Methodology 289 Findings 294 Faculty Members’ Perceived Understandings of Art and Art-Based Techniques 294 Faculty Members’ Perspectives on the Use of Art-Based Techniques in Training 296 Perceived Factors Influence the Use of Art-Based Techniques in Training 297 Variety of Faculty Members’ Attempts at Using Art-Based Techniques 298 Discussion 300 How Do Faculty Members Understand Art and Art-Based Techniques? 300 What Perceptions Do Faculty Members Have of Their Professional Training Experiences Using Art-Based Techniques? 300 What Are the Perceived Factors Influencing the Use of Art-Based Techniques? 301 Faculty Artefacts 302 Summary and Implications 302 References 303 Artists and Arts-Based Method Use in Higher Education: A Living Inquiry of an Academic Programme in a Faculty of Education 307 Introduction 307 What Can Art Do as a Research Tool? 309 The Programme, the Study and the Method 312 Data Set Presentations with Findings 315 DATA SET 1: Visual ‘Happiness’ Narratives with Film Text 315 The Promise (a Generated Poem by Co-Author Afrodita Nikolova) 321 DATA SET 2: ‘Can I have a word’: Poetic enquiry text 323 DATA SET 3: Photographs: Becoming Researchers/Learning as Postgraduates 325 DATA SET 4: Mandala Creation and Inquiry: Circles of Influence, Ripples of Self 327 Concluding Discussion 335 References 339 Future Perspectives for Arts-Based Methods in Higher Education 342 Arts-Based Education—a Journey Forward 342 References 346 Index 348 Front Matter ....Pages i-xxiii Tracing Arts-Based Methods in Higher Education (Tatiana Chemi, Xiangyun Du)....Pages 1-18 Transgressive or Instrumental? A Paradigm for the Arts as Learning and Development (Tatiana Chemi)....Pages 19-40 Theatre in Military Education: Play and Reality (Kristian Firing, Kåre Inge Skarsvåg, Odin Fauskevåg)....Pages 41-63 Performance Art as a Form of Psychological Experiment (Marina Haller)....Pages 65-81 Approaches to Enhancing Student Learning: A Quality-Assured, Creative and Performing-Arts Model (Prem Ramburuth, Melissa Laird)....Pages 83-113 Understanding Dance Through Authentic Choreographic and A/r/tographic Experiences (Peter J. Cook)....Pages 115-145 OPEART: Music Theatre Productions Within Teacher Education: Enhancing Communal Engaged Learning (Antti Juvonen, Susan O’Neill, Pekka Räihä)....Pages 147-170 Learning Entrepreneurship by Hand Clapping: ABM in Use in Entrepreneurship Education (Frode Heldal, Isabella Sacramento, Grete Wennes)....Pages 171-196 Letter Writing as a Social and Artistic Pedagogical Process: A Cross-Cultural and Transnational Dialogue Based on International Experiences of Higher Education Across Global Continents (Lilian Ucker Perotto, Meeri Hellstén)....Pages 197-211 Arts and Medicine: Connecting the Arts and Humanities to Professional Education (Zeina Al Azmeh, Xiangyun Du)....Pages 213-240 Developing a Transdisciplinary University in Finland Through Arts-Based Practices (Kevin Tavin, Juuso Tervo, Teija Löytönen)....Pages 241-263 Using Art-Based Techniques in Faculty Training Programmes (Mohammed Saleh Alkathiri)....Pages 265-290 Artists and Arts-Based Method Use in Higher Education: A Living Inquiry of an Academic Programme in a Faculty of Education (Pamela Burnard, Carol Holliday, Susanne Jasilek, Afrodita Nikolova)....Pages 291-325 Future Perspectives for Arts-Based Methods in Higher Education (Tatiana Chemi, Xiangyun Du)....Pages 327-332 Back Matter ....Pages 333-338 Annotation This thematic volume explores the relationship between the arts and learning in various educational contexts and across cultures, but with a focus on higher education and organizational learning. Arts-based interventions are at the heart of this volume, which addresses how they are conceived, designed, carried out, and assessed in different higher educational and cultural contexts. Readers will discover diverse perspectives of the contributing authors from across the world and from a variety of settings: formal education, informal learning for adults and organisational learning. A necessary introductory conceptualisation sets the stage for the discussion of the different cases, with chapters presented according to the art forms the address: performing arts, dance, music, language arts, visual arts, multi-arts and a conclusive chapter on future perspectives for arts-based educational approaches. Arts-based Methods and Organisational Learning: Higher Education Around the World will inspire and inform both scholars and practitioners who are dealing with the arts in education and organisations