dissertation proposal by temi rose 2/20/02
Table of Contents
CHAPTER ONE: THE PROBLEM STATEMENT
A National Perspective
Art in Academia: Valuing Aesthetic Cognition
Technology in Education: Ethical Considerations
Art and ritual.
Learning, Change and Democracy
Rationale for this Study
CHAPTER II: LITERATURE REVIEW
Introduction: Weaving a Web
Art in Schools: Theory
Justice, Responsibility and Care
Conversational Reality
Motivation and Learning
Adult Education
Action Research: Methodology and Principles
Art in Schools: Practice
Technology in Schools
Conclusion: Seeking an Articulation
CHAPTER III: METHOD
The Site
The Participants
Data Sources
Procedure
Researcher's Role
Data Analysis
APPENDIX I - THE STATE GUIDELINES FOR TECHNOLOGICAL
EDUCATION
APPENDIX II - THE STATE GUIDELINES FOR ART EDUCATION
APPENDIX III – LETTER FROM RESEARCHER TO THE CAMPUS LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE
APPENDIX IV– FROM THE FINE ARTS ACADEMY COORDINATOR:
E-MAIL INITIATING CONTACT WITH RESEARCH COMMUNITY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Appendix III – Letter from Researcher to the Campus Leadership Committee
Dear CLT,
I am a professional artist in the sense that I do art for art's sake and have
had my modicum of success and continue to put artistic problematics, challenges
and artifact-making at the center of my life and heart. Because I have never
been interested in making art in exchange for commercial success, I have instead
relied on teaching for my economic sustenance. I began my teaching career as
a math tutor and have taught many diverse subjects since. Slowly, but surely,
my disparate pursuits appear to be merging. (Resume attached and available at:
http://www.2cyberwhelm.org/temirose/resume.html)
I don't honestly know why [the Fine Arts Coordinator’s] original email
to K. touched me, but it did and I very much wanted to meet her. I had, and
still have, no idea in particular of how best to organize our partnership. As
I said at the CLT meeting, I prefer to work within any given environment's mores.
It is far more interesting to me as an artist and as a socially committed citizen,
to try and be of real help rather than work from a set of ideas that, regardless
of their beauty, might nonetheless be utterly irrelevant to the people I wish
to work with.
Most of the art forms I have trained in are collaborative art forms. Periodically
it is necessary for me to work in isolation and I do it but it isn't what I
like best. My very best work (I feel) is done with large groups when I act as
producer/director as well as coach and participant. These are my favorite projects
because they seem to me to increase people's faith in each other and in life
itself. The joy that is crated when people find that they can build cathedrals
is lasting, both within those who build and for those who wish to visit these
uplifting artifacts.
Coming down a bit from lofty metaphors J… It seemed from Lanier and my
initial conversations, that the best way for me to serve your community is to
help coordinate a group responsible for creating and maintaining your web site.
I would also assume responsibility for coordinating the design so that the site
can expand over the next few years in a sensible manner and be of greatest use
to as many teachers, students and internal groups as possible.
Going to the student council for structural coordination and to a committee
formed by the CLT for guiding vision sounds like a strong beginning to a seemingly
daunting task. Perhaps next we would decide on a time frame and folks who feel
comfortable being my contacts/partners in the school.
Sincerely, Temi Rose (2/6/01)