ABSTRACT

Arts-based research is a participatory research practice that is well established in the qualitative field. However, while arts-based research has been defined as the creation of art to generate, interpret or communicate research knowledge, there is exiguous literature on the creation of art to establish trustworthiness in qualitative inquiry. This pilot case study specifically addresses this gap in the exploration of arts-based research practices to determine credibility and dependability. The context of the research was the impact of a Digital Sabbath practice on early career teachers, as teachers within their first five years of teaching are among the most vulnerable in the teaching profession. A Digital Sabbath is the practice of unplugging from all technology for one day per week, with the aim of increasing social connectedness and mitigating stress and burnout by decreasing our overuse of technology. The integration of arts-based research within this case study resulted in more active participation of the early career teachers throughout the research process. Consequently, participants’ voices resonated more strongly in the research output, as the iterative and participatory nature of the arts-based design supported a longitudinal dialogue between researcher and participant.

摘要

基于艺术的研究是一种参与性研究实践，在定性领域得到了很好的认可。然而，虽然以艺术为基础的研究被定义为艺术创作以产生、解释或交流研究知识，但关于艺术创作以在定性调查中建立可信度的文献很少。该试点案例研究专门解决了探索以艺术为基础的研究实践以确定可信度和可靠性的这一差距。研究的背景是数字安息日实践对早期职业教师的影响，因为在教学的头五年内的教师是教学职业中最脆弱的。数字安息日是每周一天从所有技术中拔出的做法，旨在通过减少我们对技术的过度使用来增加社会联系并减轻压力和倦怠。在本案例研究中整合基于艺术的研究导致早期职业教师更积极地参与整个研究过程。因此，参与者的声音在研究成果中产生了更强烈的共鸣，因为基于艺术的设计的迭代和参与性质支持了研究人员和参与者之间的纵向对话。