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SUMMARY:Every picture tells a story: Using children’s drawings in educat
 ional research - Dr Andrea Creech\, Institute of Education\, London
DTSTART:20130508T140000Z
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CONTACT:Pamela Burnard
DESCRIPTION:Drawings may be one of the most important ways that children e
 xpress themselves. A child’s drawing may be interpreted as a deeply pers
 onal statement\, communicating information about conscious experience as w
 ell as depicting inner worlds.  In this session we will consider how drawi
 ngs may be used in educational research\, functioning as a medium through 
 which the learner’s perspective may be privileged.  Participants will lo
 ok at how children’s drawings were integrated into a mixed methods proje
 ct concerned with children’s experiences of teaching and learning in the
  context of music. Details of the methodological approach will be set out\
 , with a focus on how the analysis of the children’s drawings:\n*	provid
 ed deeply insightful perspectives\, through the children’s eyes\n*	added
  depth to quantitative data\n*	could be used as a prompt during interviews
 \nWe will debate whether the pictures could be accepted as a credible sour
 ce of data.  Some historical perspectives on the use of children’s drawi
 ngs in research will be considered and alternative approaches to the analy
 sis of children’s drawings will be discussed. \n\nBiography\nDr Andrea C
 reech is Senior Lecturer in Education at the Institute of Education\, Lond
 on\, where she leads a programme of professional training for Conservatoir
 e teachers.   Following an international orchestral career Andrea was dire
 ctor of a Community Music School\, developing programmes for learners of a
 ll ages.  Since completing her PhD in Psychology in Music Education\, Andr
 ea has led several funded research projects relating to musical engagement
  across the lifespan.   Andrea has presented at international conferences 
 and published widely on issues relating to musical development and music e
 ducation across the lifespan. She is a Board member of the International S
 ociety for Music Education and is on the editorial board of the Internatio
 nal Journal of Music Education (Practice).  In addition Andrea is a Fellow
  of the Higher Education Academy\, Secretary for the Education Section of 
 the British Psychological Society and is a member of the Society for Educa
 tion\, Music and Psychology Research\, the Incorporated Society of Musicia
 ns and the European String Teachers Association.  	\n
LOCATION:Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, DMB
 \, Room GS3
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