Teaching Qualitative Research: Fostering Student Curiosity through an Arts-Informed Pedagogy

摘要: AbstractCreative pedagogical approaches in higher education can facilitate students' journey thinking like and becoming a qualitative researcher. Pedagogical tend to focus on procedural steps of research neglecting development cognitive skills reflective capacity. Arts-informed teaching methods for show promise as an educational stimulating student interest expanding their understanding through experiential approach learning. In this article, the use arts-informed pedagogy structure graduate level course is discussed. This pedagogy, grounded teaching-learning theories, was developed foster curiosity well capacity think researcher arts media including poetry, dance, film story. If space created classroom become disposition habit mind, students may be inspired perpetually inquisitive such, researcher.KeywordsQualitative Research, Teaching, Pedagogy, Higher Education, Experiential LearningStudents entering first usually have limited knowledge principles methodologies due minimal exposure received undergraduate training. As courses introducing underlying historical philosophical foundations, familiarizing them with variety methodologies, developing conduct (Onwuegbuzie, et al., 2012). Becoming involves transformative process (Barrett, 2007) requiring shift (Carawan, Knight, Wittman, Pokorny, & Velde, 2011), particular way seeing conceptualizing (Morse, 2005). necessitates teachers' critical examination that will best programs.Problematic there underdeveloped body literature related specific 2012; Waite, 2014). Typically, teachers foundational exemplar studies familiarize 2007). However, remains content, process, (Rowe McAllister, 2002; Stark Watson, 1999) which emphasize doing so set step-by-step adhere (Polkinghorne, 2006). technical methodological concepts has been influenced by dominant discourse rooted quantitative close adherence method ensures objectivity enhances validity transfer overshadows researcher's terms mental processes perception, judgment reasoning It suggested more difficulty interpretive than (Butler-Kisber, 2002-2003). Considering instrument research, his or her sensitivity participants' responses context are vital inquiry thus, these important develop Additionally, muted opportunities passion inspiration during progression (Stark 1999).Existing indicates social science methods, such involve didactic pedagogies learning theories practice (Kilburn, Nind, Wiles, …