Navigating creativity within arts-based pedagogy: Implications of a constructivist grounded theory study

Nurse Education Today
Kendra L RiegerFrancine L Morin

Abstract

Educators implement arts-based pedagogy with the hope that it will foster meaningful learning for students. However, nursing students have varied reactions to artistic assignments, and there is a need to further understand students' learning processes with this novel approach and the factors influencing their learning. This understanding could promote the more effective implementation of arts-based pedagogy into nursing education. To develop a theoretical understanding of how and when undergraduate nursing students learn through arts-based pedagogy. Constructivist grounded theory. Canadian baccalaureate nursing program. Thirty third-year undergraduate nursing students and eight of their nursing instructors. Participants who had experienced arts-based assignments were recruited with purposive and then theoretical sampling. We collected four sources of data: a socio-demographic questionnaire, semi-structured interviews, photo/art elicitation, and field notes. The socio-demographic data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and all other data with constructivist grounded theory procedures. Our findings revealed that students had to navigate a creative process with arts-based assignments, which involved several iterative phases...Continue Reading

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Aug 28, 2021·Nurse Education Today·Carmen Ropero-PadillaPablo Roman

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