Beliefs, thoughts and ideas of teachers negotiating curriculum integration in international schools. This research gives a voice to teachers who are responsible for the way that curriculum is ‘prescribed, described, enacted and received; or official, taught and experienced’ (Priestley et al.,
However, in the subsequent search for suitable methods, it became clear that a new materialist approach requires a significant departure from, even rejection of, the conventions of qualitative research. In postqualitative inquiry, familiar canada email list notions such as observation, data, validity, even methodology itself, are problematic (St Pierre, 2021). In their explanation of new materialism and research methodology, Fox and Alldred (2022) point to Deleuze and Guattari’s alternative to traditional scientific observation.
They explain that this form of science does not observe the flow of a river from the river bank, but instead ‘takes to a boat and becomes part of the flow’. This is certainly fascinating, but how to achieve it in practice? One way would be to consider the material elements – for example, for a design-based assignment, the paper, pens, ink and studio space – as part of the ‘flow’ alongside the researcher and participants in the research.
My research focuses on how creative art forms
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