Upcoming event
Artful Leadership – transforming leadership through playful and artistic thinking and doing
Dedicated to research with and by leaders shaping the educational landscape, this webinar emphasises using the arts to understand and shape leadership strategies and policy dialogue and frameworks to enhance educational outcomes and equity. Case studies from research and scholarship will focus on arts-based knowing and educational leadership practice.
This webinar appraises the significant role of the arts can play in understanding and influencing leadership strategies, as well as policy dialogue and frameworks. By integrating artistic perspectives and methodologies, the research case studies presented in the webinar aims to foster a deeper comprehension of the complexities and nuances involved in educational leadership and policy-making, and explores how Arts Based Education Research can promote innovative thinking and creative problem-solving. Approaching leadership artfully enables leaders to conceptualize and implement strategies that can lead to improved educational outcomes and greater equity. The webinar calls for a re-evaluation of leadership paradigms, advocating for leadership that is inclusive, exploratory, and ethically grounded in social, economic and ecological justice. It challenges leaders to embrace uncertainty, take risks, and cultivate a nurturing environment where creativity can flourish, paving the way for transformative, justice-centered sustainable change.
Artful Leadership is the third of three webinars which will present how Arts Based Educational Research offers a deep exploration of how the arts profoundly impact educational research, influencing personal and societal transformation across global contexts. These webinars will be a sharing of academic research and a call to action urging creativity for social change through the arts. They invite the audience into a conversation about the transformative role of the arts in educational research, inspiring action across diverse landscapes. Speakers will also presents a practical toolkit of advice for researchers wishing to include ABER in their practice. The webinars draw on material from the forthcoming Handbook of Arts-Based Educational Research (Bloomsbury). The presenters of the webinars (in calendar order: Rebecca Berkley, Adam Hart and Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan) are part of the editorial team of this handbook.
As part of a series, the other two events can be found here:
Please note: These events can be attended independently, and do not require attendance at other events in the series to register.
Professor at University of Nottingham
Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan is an education professor at the University of Nottingham. Her work inspires educators and other professionals to see themselves as curious, resourceful learners with the power to effect context-appropriate,...
Lecturer in Music Technology at University of Salford
Dr Adam Hart is a lecturer in music technology at the University of Salford. He has a background in secondary education and audio programming, and his research interests involve creative advocacy through interactive technology. His PhD project...
Associate Professor in Music Education at University of Reading
Rebecca Berkley is an Associate Professor in Music Education at the University of Reading. Her areas of interest are classroom musicianship, choral education, musical leadership and musical cognition. She is the co-director of the Postgraduate...
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Arts Based Educational Research (ABER) uses ideas, methods, techniques, and processes from the arts to help understand and improve education.
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