Dedicated to research with and by leaders who shaped the educational landscape, this webinar emphasised the use of the arts to understand and influence leadership strategies, as well as policy dialogue and frameworks, to enhance educational outcomes and equity. Case studies from research and scholarship focused on arts-based knowing and educational leadership practice.
The webinar appraised the significant role the arts could play in understanding and influencing leadership strategies, along with policy dialogue and frameworks. By integrating artistic perspectives and methodologies, the research case studies presented in the webinar aimed to foster a deeper comprehension of the complexities and nuances involved in educational leadership and policy-making. It explored how Arts-Based Education Research (ABER) could promote innovative thinking and creative problem-solving. Approaching leadership artfully had enabled leaders to conceptualise and implement strategies that led to improved educational outcomes and greater equity. The webinar called for a re-evaluation of leadership paradigms, advocating for leadership that was inclusive, exploratory, and ethically grounded in social, economic, and ecological justice. It challenged leaders to embrace uncertainty, take risks, and cultivate a nurturing environment where creativity could flourish, paving the way for transformative, justice-centered, sustainable change.
Artful Leadership was the third of three webinars which presented how Arts-Based Educational Research offered a deep exploration of how the arts profoundly impacted educational research, influencing personal and societal transformation across global contexts. These webinars were a sharing of academic research and a call to action urging creativity for social change through the arts. They invited the audience into a conversation about the transformative role of the arts in educational research, inspiring action across diverse landscapes. Speakers also presented a practical toolkit of advice for researchers wishing to include ABER in their practice. The webinars drew on material from the forthcoming Handbook of Arts-Based Educational Research (Bloomsbury). The presenters of the webinars (in calendar order: Rebecca Berkley, Adam Hart, and Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan) were part of the editorial team of this handbook.
Assistant Professor and Director of The Consortium of Gender Scholars at Nazarbayev University
Dr. Cohen Miller is an arts-based educational methodologist who focuses on equity and inclusion in higher education in Kazakhstan and internationally. For over 17 years, she has been working to facilitate the success of mothers in academia...
Lecturer at Utrecht University
Nadia Dresscher-Lambertus is an interdisciplinary scholar and teacher at the department of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences at University of Utrecht, and a part-time teacher at University of Aruba at Faculty of Arts and Science. She is also a...
OP JINDAL GLOBAL UNIVERSITY, INDIA
Nupur Samuel is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Writing Studies, O P Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India. Her research interests include writing pedagogy, inclusive education, critical thinking, English language assessment, gender...
Academic at University of KwaZulu-Natal
Inbanathan (Inba) Naicker, is an Associate Professor and a National Research Foundation-rated researcher in Educational Leadership and Management at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. His scholarly interests encompass leadership...
Professor at University of Nottingham
Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan is Professor of Education at the University of Nottingham. She specialises in professional learning, self-reflexive scholarship and arts-based educational research. Her recent book, Poetic Inquiry for the Social and Human...
Lecturer in Music Technology at University of Salford
Dr Adam Hart is a lecturer in music technology at the University of Salford. He has a background in secondary education and audio programming, and his research interests involve creative advocacy through interactive technology. His PhD project...
Associate Professor in Music Education at University of Reading
Rebecca Berkley is an Associate Professor in Music Education at the University of Reading. Her areas of interest are classroom musicianship, choral education, musical leadership and musical cognition. She is the co-director of the Postgraduate...