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SUMMARY:Webinar! Series 8: Resonance\, dissonance\, and a three-pronged co
 nnection: Lessons from the arts to qualitative research - Dr Liora Bresler
 \, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
DTSTART:20141112T170000Z
DTEND:20141112T183000Z
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CONTACT:Lucian Stephenson
DESCRIPTION:Scholars claim that in qualitative research\, the researcher i
 s the main instrument. What does this mean for the preparation of research
 ers? I suggest that the cultivation of the self is crucial\, going beyond 
 the acquisition of theories and the mastery of techniques. It has to do wi
 th cultivation habits of mind.\n\nIn this presentation\, I suggest that en
 gagement with the arts can support the development of intensified percepti
 on\, seeing\, hearing and meaning making. I discuss the roles of dissonanc
 e and consonance in the arts and qualitative research as forming connectio
 ns between the inner and outer\, and generating insights in the quest to e
 nhance understanding. Related concepts\, fundamental to the arts and highl
 y relevant to research\, include a three-pronged connection\; lingering ca
 ress: and being shaped by one’s engagements and inquiry. The juxtapositi
 on of intimate connection and detachment allows researchers to go beyond t
 he traditional “objectivity” versus “subjectivity” dichotomies.  I
  will present some examples from my teaching as well as my own research in
  arts education\, focusing on arts curriculum and arts integration.\n\n*Bi
 o*\n\nLiora Bresler is a Professor at the University of Illinois\, Champai
 gn. She is also the Hedda Anderson Chair in Lund University\, Sweden (Visi
 ting)\; a Professor II at Stord/Haugesund University College\, Norway\; an
 d an Honorary Professor in the Hong Kong Institute of Education. Other pos
 itions include distinguished visiting professorships at Stockholm Universi
 ty\, Sweden\, (2009-2011) and at the University of Haifa\, Israel (1994/5)
 . Bresler has published 120+ papers and book chapters and has written and 
 edited several books on the arts in education\, including the Internationa
 l Handbook of Research in Arts Education (Springer\, 2007)\, Knowing Bodie
 s\, Moving Minds (Kluwer\, 2004)\; the co-authored Custom and cherishing (
 1992)\; and the co-edited International Handbook of Creative Learning (Rou
 teledge\, 2011)\; and The International Handbook of the Arts in Education 
 (Routeledge\, in press/2014). Bresler has given keynote speeches\, invited
  talks\, seminars and short courses in thirty some countries in Europe\, A
 sia\, Australia\, Africa and the Americas. Her work has been translated to
  German\, French\, Portuguese\, Spanish\, Hebrew\, Lithuanian\, Finnish\, 
 Korean\, and Chinese.\n \nBresler is the editor of the book series “Land
 scapes: Aesthetics\, the arts and education” (Springer) and is the co-fo
 under and former editor of the International Journal of Education and the 
 Arts (1999-). Teaching awards at the University of Illinois include the Di
 stinguished Teaching Life-Long Career Award at the College of Education (2
 004)\, and the University of Illinois Campus Award for Excellence in Gradu
 ate Teaching (2005). Other awards include Distinguished Fellow in the Nati
 onal Art Education Association  (2010)\, the Distinguished Senior Scholar 
 Award of the College of Education\, University of Illinois (2014)\, the Ed
 win Ziegfeld Award for distinguished international leadership in art educa
 tion by the United States Society for Education Through Art (2007)\, and T
 he Lin Wright Special Recognition Award by The American Alliance for Theat
 re and Education (2007).\n
LOCATION:Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, DMB
 \, Room 2S4
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