Notes of MAVA lecture3
On action research, reflective practice
Jonathan Kearney- subject leader for MA Fine Arts Digital
What is action research?
research into practice by the practitioner to change and improve.
more than what you normally do, raises questions , improve and change.
4 characteristics
cyclical: what is my question? plan→ act→ovserve→reflect→plan again→act again ......
collaborative： with other people, with materials
qualitative (not quantitative) emphasis-words not numbers.
reflective. who you are? what you will doing instantly
Reflection could be argued to be the essential stage where learning is integrated within the whole learner, and added to existing frames of reference, and internalised and personalised.(Race, 2006)
reflection is:
not what you have done
it is about who you are, when you are doing it.
reflection...
tries to encapsulate change
when did that change take place?
what was the pivotal moment?
when did it start to occur, when did it speed up or slow down?
questions Action Research:
what do you make? Cyclical
In what ways do you want Collaborative
to change or improve what Qualitative
you make? Reflective
Plan what you will do next
in light of the characteristics
of action research.
reference book:
The practitioner allows himself to experience surprise, puzzlement, or confusion in a situation which he finds uncertain or unique. He reflects on the phenomienon before him, and on the prior understandings which have been implicit in his behaviour. He carries out an experiment which serves to generate both a new understanding of the phenomenon and a change in the situation.(Schon 1983: 68)
'technical-rationality '
problems are solvable through the rigorous application of science
'professional artistry'
reflection-in-action-intuitive practice over protocols
Professional practice is complex, unpredictable and messy. In order to cope, profeccionals have to be able to do more than follow set procedures.
They draw on both practical experience and theory as they think on their feet and improvise.
They act both intuitively and creatively. Both reflection-in and on-action allows them to revise, modify and refine their expertise
reflective blog/journal
keep personal record of:
actions
decisions
thought processes
successes and failures
issues dealing with (≈next steps)
action research
methodology not method?
making your work
audio, photographic and video records
case studies
diaries,journals or logs
field notes
interaction analysis
interviews
praticipant and non-participant observation.
questionnaires
science experiment → no change (researcher or the world)
art/design experiment → change (artista and artist's world)
But the artist, if asked whether an art piece could be remade with identical results, would have to answer no-- or it wouldn't be art. In making a piece of art, both the artist and the artist's world are changed, and re-asking the question---facing the next blank canvas---will always yield a different answer.....There is a moment for each artist in which a particular truth can be found, and if it is not found then, it will not ever be.(Bayles,D.&Orland,T, 1993)
Hamlet & Shakespeare
unfalsifiable (不可被检验的)
phenomenology and hermeneutics 现象论和解释学
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questions
what have you done so far?
what have you discovered so far?
what wil you change because of what you have discovered?
what will you do next?