One of the most rewarding things of this past semester has been working on an A/r/tography project. A/r/tography is arts-based, qualitative research. A = artist/r = researcher/t = teacher. I am learning that a teacher is all of these things. I drew on my experience with a particular student I taught at an English-immersion preschool in Taiwan. Her story and her drawing were my inspiration. This is her drawing...
How wonderful is that?!
I decided to illustrate and make a book to tell her story, but it's not a conventional binding. The planning process was very complex...
Here's a Quicktime slideshow of the book (as always, the images are protected by my copyright; the music is credited to The Album Leaf). The research and teaching components of this project are ongoing, and I'd love to hear what you think.
