Journal article
An exploratory mixed method study on teachers’ creative skill development with metaphor in language, gesture, and pedagogy
Psychology of aesthetics, creativity, and the arts
17 Aug 2023
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Abstract
In this exploratory mixed method study, we investigated teachers’ skill in and use of language-based and enactive metaphor in their own learning and in their instructional design. This study represents a rare, and thus early, exploration of creative multimodal metaphor in the educational context, starting first with teachers. This study builds on the premise that skill development in metaphor should support multidisciplinary instructional design and culturally relevant and responsive teaching for educators. The sample of 53 teachers used gestural metaphor in their sensemaking about abstract and complex concepts and ideas in a variety of unique ways, which could translate to the student context. Findings revealed that (a) teacher training in creativity and arts integration may have contributed to creative skill in metaphor generation, (b) teachers were successful at generating a variety of gestural metaphor to represent abstract concepts about creativity, and (c) metaphoric thinking and acting served as a vehicle for instructional design innovations. In this way, familiarity and skill development with linguistic and enactive metaphor is worthy of continued exploration in the educational context and as a research tool for creative thinking and acting in different modalities.
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- Title
- An exploratory mixed method study on teachers’ creative skill development with metaphor in language, gesture, and pedagogy
- Creators
- Ross C Anderson - CREATIVE_ENGAGEMENT_LAB_(USA)_(EUGENE)Mari Livie - CREATIVE_ENGAGEMENT_LAB_(USA)_(EUGENE)Gabriella Schuhe - INFLEXION_(USA)_(EUGENE)Nathan Beard - CREATIVE_ENGAGEMENT_LAB_(USA)_(EUGENE)Jessica Land - CREATIVE_ENGAGEMENT_LAB_(USA)_(EUGENE)Tracy Bousselot - INFLEXION_(USA)_(EUGENE)Jen Katz-Buonincontro - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Psychology of aesthetics, creativity, and the arts
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- Number of pages
- 17
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- School of Education
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001049429800001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85183651630
- Other Identifier
- 991020989306604721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Humanities, Multidisciplinary
- Psychology, Experimental