Mutual transformation through Arts-based Service Learning with First Nations communities: An Australian Case Study

Authors

  • Anne Margaret Power University of Western Sydney, Australia
  • Brydie-Leigh Bartleet Griffith University, Qld
  • Dawn Bennett Curtin University, Western Australia

Abstract

At the heart of service learning in tertiary education are partnerships between higher education institutions and communities, as co-generators of knowledge. Art programs are well suited to service-learning projects, engaging what Rendon (2009) calls sentipensante (sensing/thinking) pedagogy, in which critical examinations of worldviews and relational contemplative practices sit alongside each other. This case study highlights the core values of relationship building, as well as reflection and reciprocity in this pedagogical approach (Butin, 2003; Tonkin, 2012).

Author Biographies

Anne Margaret Power, University of Western Sydney, Australia

Associate Professor Anne Power is a music curriculum expert at the University of Western Sydney, with research interests in creativity, service learning and education for disadvantaged youth. She is published in the International Journal of Music Education, British Journal of Music Education and the Australian Journal of Music Education. She is a former chair of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Research in Music Education and Vice-President of the Institute for Education Research.

Brydie-Leigh Bartleet, Griffith University, Qld

Dr Brydie-Leigh Bartleet is a Senior Lecturer at the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University. Her current research projects are investigating performing arts programs in Australian prisons and service learning with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. She serves on a range of international and national boards, including ISME’s Community Music Activities Commission, the Board of the Music Council of Australia, and the editorial board for the International Journal of Music Education – Practice.

Dawn Bennett, Curtin University, Western Australia

Professor Dawn Bennett is a Distinguished Research Fellow and Director of the Creative Workforce Initiative at Curtin University in Perth. With a discipline background in music, her research interests include creative labour markets, the role of identity development in student learning, music education, and the impact of research policy frameworks on academic work. 

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Published

06/25/2014

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2014)

Section

Insights, Case Studies, and Applications

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