Co-Creating Spaces: A Narrative Inquiry into Belonging, Identity, and Curriculum Making Within Schools,

This narrative inquiry (Clandinin & Connelly, 2000) inquires into the lives of three teachers, Anne-Marie, Lucy, and me. As three co-researchers we inquired into our stories of experiences which we lived out as children and youth as we participated in art making spaces in school. Throughout our research conversations we shared artistic representations of our experiences. Each of these conversations was audio taped and highlighted tensions we experienced in schools. This unfolding sharing of our stories of experiences led Anne-Marie, Lucy, and me to create visual art pieces that represented the vital place of art making experiences and spaces as we negotiated diverse school contexts. I drew upon both our research conversations and our artistic representations to compose this thesis which highlights art-making experiences as central in shaping a curriculum of belonging in schools. All aspects of this narrative inquiry were negotiated with Anne-Marie and Lucy.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Education (MEd)

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor dc:publisher

Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina

Year dc:date.issued

2012

Author dc:creator

• Prystay-Thiessen, Tara Lynn

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Huber, Janice

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Lewis, Patrick
• Mulholland, Valerie

Language dc:language.iso

en

DOI

https://doi.org/10.82465/4135

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:uregina.scholaris.ca:10294/3633