Abstract
As we move through life, many of us view our experiences as isolated and unrelated events. These experiences are not often used as a catalyst to turn these events into learning experiences. Dewey (1933) wrote that the significance of related parts must be accompanied by constant reflection to understand their meaning. When practising reflection, we become more mindful of new skills and how to apply them to future experiences. In this interactive workshop, participants will make sense of reflective practice through the use of arts-based workshop activities to gain an understanding how reflection can be utilized to empower, inspire, and enrich creative learning. Participant will be actively engaged in a series of evocative arts-based explorations to reflective on their well-being in challenging and uncertain times. Participants will be led through a guided reflection activity and a collaborative photo-elicitation to reflect and share a critical incident connected to their lived experiences. Their reflections on these activities will be captured through dialogue, writing, drawing, and mark-marking to understand how reflective practice can be harnessed to deliver new perspectives on our seeing, learning, and knowing. At the end of the practice-orientated workshop, participants will be self-aware of different reflective skills and how to adopt other perspectives when living through uncertain times.
Presenters
Marthy WatsonLecturer, School of Education, University of Southern Queensland, Queensland, Australia Georgina Barton
Professor and Associate Head - Research, School of Education, University of Southern Queensland, Queensland, Australia
Details
Presentation Type
Theme
The Arts in Social, Political, and Community Life
KEYWORDS
Reflective Practice, Arts-Based, Reflection, Creative Learning, Well-being
