Artistic Pedagogical Artistic Pedagogical Technologies: Innovative Technologies: Innovative

Teaching Strategies for Online Teaching Strategies for Online Nursing EducationNursing Education

Margaret EdwardsMargaret Edwards

Beth PerryBeth Perry

Katherine JanzenKatherine Janzen

Literature ReviewLiterature Review

• Social Development Theory –VygotskySocial Development Theory –Vygotsky

• Social interaction and meaningful Social interaction and meaningful relationships are linked to learningrelationships are linked to learning

• Full cognitive development requires social Full cognitive development requires social interactioninteraction

Invitational Theory Invitational Theory (Purkey, 1992)(Purkey, 1992)

To summon To summon cordially & cordially & offer offer somethingsomething of value of value

4 Elements of Invitational Theory

• Trust – humans are interdependent and own authorities of best way of being and becoming

• Respect –people are able, valuable and responsible

• Optimism –human potential has no limits

• Intentionality - need to deliberately create and offer invitational environments

Invitational Environments Make a Invitational Environments Make a Positive DifferencePositive Difference

• Student anxiety decreased -Student anxiety decreased -Cook (2005)Cook (2005)

• Enhanced culture, improved Enhanced culture, improved academic achievement - academic achievement - Stanley, Juhnke, and Purkey, Stanley, Juhnke, and Purkey, (2004) (2004)

• Enhanced learning environment Enhanced learning environment for students and teachers - for students and teachers - Hunter and Smith (2007) Hunter and Smith (2007)

• Enhanced teacher creativity - Enhanced teacher creativity - Chant, Moes, and Ross (2009) Chant, Moes, and Ross (2009)

• Created a more welcoming Created a more welcoming climate - Thompson (2004) climate - Thompson (2004)

Artistic Pedagogical TechnologiesArtistic Pedagogical Technologies

• Artistic Pedagogical Artistic Pedagogical Technologies help to Technologies help to create invitational create invitational ‘classrooms’ online‘classrooms’ online

• Increasing the social Increasing the social interaction and interaction and meaningful meaningful relationships that relationships that Vygotsky relates to Vygotsky relates to learninglearning

Artistic Artistic pedagogical pedagogical technologies technologies (APTs) are (APTs) are arts-based arts-based teaching teaching

strategiesstrategies..Jayne McChesney

APTs• PhotovoicePhotovoice• MusicMusic• Reflective PoetryReflective Poetry• DramaDrama• Crafts: Conceptual Crafts: Conceptual

QuiltingQuilting• Other visual media: Other visual media:

movies, story telling, movies, story telling, photostoryphotostory

PhotovoicePhotovoice

• Originally a participatory action research Originally a participatory action research method (Wang & Burris, 1997)method (Wang & Burris, 1997)

• Purposeful use of selected visual images Purposeful use of selected visual images with affiliated reflective questionswith affiliated reflective questions

Example of photovoiceExample of photovoice

What does this imageWhat does this image

teach us about teach us about

organizational change?organizational change?

What What leadership leadership style would style would

be most be most appropriate in appropriate in this situation?this situation?

Conceptual Quilting

• Quilt-making requires learners to reflect on what they have learned, choosing important “take home” ideas and concepts.

• When quilts are shared with the class, discussion arises about course concepts.

• The novelty of the array of quilts creates interest and excitement within the group.

Conceptual Quilt

Lori Whelan

Reflective Poetry

A journey it's been,A journey it's been,

Lifetime knowledge I've gained.Lifetime knowledge I've gained.

Now, to apply it.Now, to apply it.

Andrea JewellAndrea Jewell

Method

• Nurse educators completing an online master’s course

• Online questionnaire

• Focus Group

FindingsFindings

• TrustTrust

• RespectRespect

• OptimismOptimism

• IntentionalityIntentionality

Findings: Presentation of activitiesFindings: Presentation of activities

• Invite learnersInvite learners

• Describe each activityDescribe each activity

• Relate the activity to enhancing student Relate the activity to enhancing student learninglearning

• Provide support and encouragementProvide support and encouragement

Use of Artistic Pedagogical TechnologiesUse of Artistic Pedagogical Technologies::

• increased the quality of interactionsincreased the quality of interactions

• enhanced the sense of communityenhanced the sense of community

• furthered the application of course contentfurthered the application of course content

References• Cook, L. (2005). Inviting teaching behaviors of clinical faculty and nursing

students’ anxiety. Journal of Nursing Education, 44(4), pp.156-161.• Chant, R., Moes, R., and Ross, M. (2009). Curriculum Construction and

Teacher Empowerment: Supporting Invitational Education with a Creative Problem Solving. Journal of Invitational Theory and Practice, 15, pp. 55-67.

• Hunter, M., and Smith, K. (2007). Inviting school success: Invitational education and the art class. Journal of Invitational Theory and Practice, 13, pp.8-15.

• Purkey, W.W. (1992). An introduction to invitational theory. Journal of Invitational Theory and Practice, 1, pp. 5-15.

• Stanley, P.H., Juhnke, G., and Purkey, W.W. (2004). Using an invitational theory of practice to create safe and successful schools. Journal of Counseling and Development, 82(3), pp.302-310.

• Thompson, D.R. (2004). Organizational learning in action: Becoming an inviting school. Journal of invitational theory and practice, 10,pp. 52-72.

• Funding provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

• Photos by Maryn Edwards and Otto Mahler.