Professor
Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP)
Dr. Irwin facilitated a group of UBC faculty and students in conceptualizing a/r/tography, a form of arts based educational research first published in 2004. Since then countless theses and dissertations, journal articles and exhibitions/performances have been written/created using this form of research in over 20 countries in the world. In addition, her teacher education scholarship has advanced early career mentoring in BC, refugee education in Kenya, and arts education world-wide.
Contributions:
Irwin, R. L. (2013). Becoming a/r/tography. Studies in Art Education. 54(3), 198-215.
Springgay, Stephanie, Irwin, Rita L., Leggo, Carl & Gouzouasis, P. (Eds.) (2008). Being with A/r/tography. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
Irwin, Rita L. & de Cosson, Alex. (Eds.). (2004). A/r/tography: Rendering self through arts-based living inquiry. Vancouver, BC: Pacific Educational Press.
Pinar, William F. & Irwin, Rita L. (Eds.). (2005). Curriculum in a new key: The collected works of Ted T. Aoki. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
www.artography.edcp.educ.ubc.ca
Keywords:
A/r/tography; Arts teacher education; Socially-engaged art in education; Teacher education in refugee camps; Mentoring early career teachers; Artists-in-residence programs; Participatory action research; Research creation.
rita.irwin@ubc.ca
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