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Professional practice is increasingly becoming more complex,
demanding, dynamic and diverse. This important and original new
book considers how self-study using arts-based methods can enable
purposeful reflection toward understanding and envisioning
professional practice. Ideally for visual arts practitioners on all
levels, this book presents a self-study model grounded in
compelling research that highlights arts-based methods for
examining four areas of professional practice: professional
identities, work cultures, change and transitions and envisioning
new pathways. Chapters address the components of the self-study
model, artistic methods and materials, and strategies for
interpreting self-study written and visual outcomes with the aim of
goal setting. Each chapter includes visuals, references and
end-of-chapter prompts to engage readers in critical and visual
reflection. Appendices offer resources and guidelines for creating
and assessing self-study outcomes. The fluctuating nature of
professional practice necessitates the pursuit of discernment and
clarity that can be achieved through an ongoing reflective
practice. Self-study is a systematic and flexible methodology for
purposeful reflection on professional practice that embraces
dialogic, interpretive, rhizomatic and visual inquiry. Self-study
can occur at any level of practice and in the context of
work-related professional development, formal study or as a
self-initiated inquiry. An arts-based self-study model for visual
arts practitioners is explored and focuses on four intersectional
components shaping professional practice: professional identities,
work cultures and communities, transition and change within
professional practice and envisioning new pathways for professional
practice. The self-study model is grounded in contemporary theory,
practice and compelling research, and embraces robust strategies
for understanding the complexities of professional practice that
can include dual, multiple, overlapping, hybrid and conflicting
professional identities, tensions within work cultures and
unexpected changes within professional practice. Each chapter
focuses on a component of the self-study model and an area of
professional practice, concluding with references and
end-of-chapter prompts that are aimed to facilitate critical
reflection-on-practice and the creation of written and visual
responses. With visual arts practitioners in mind, various
arts-based methods for self-study are discussed that highlight
visual journaling as a key method for engaging in self-study.
Interpretive research methods are discussed to guide readers in
understanding the phases and processes for interpreting written and
visual self-study outcomes. Processes are outlined to help readers
determine key insights, themes, issues and questions from their
self-study outcomes, how to use them in formulating new questions
and articulating new professional goals. Several levels for
interpretation are presented to offer readers options relative to
their professional needs and aims. Throughout the text, charts and
visuals serve to summarize and visualize key chapter points. Images
by visual arts practitioners appear throughout the text and
represent a wide range of artistic media, methods and approaches
appropriate for self-study. The appendices provide additional
resources for enhanced understanding of chapter concepts and key
terms, guidelines and rubrics for writing reflections, creating
visual responses and using a visual journal in the self-study
process. Primary readership will be visual arts practitioners at
all levels. Ideal for university level graduate courses or as a
guide for individuals and small groups of practitioners who seek to
engage in arts-based self-study as professional development.
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