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Jessica A. Cruz; Leighton E. Vermont; Sally R. Watkins – New Directions for Student Leadership, 2025
This article advocates the inclusion of the arts, and specifically, art activism, as a beneficial pedagogical approach to leadership development. Focus is given to using examples of art activism to introduce the student leader activist identity continuum (SLAIC), the exploration of leadership identity, and situating activism as transformative…
Descriptors: Student Leadership, Leadership Training, Art Activities, Art Expression
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Smilde, Rineke – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2016
This essay addresses the relationship of improvisation and identity. Biographical research that was conducted by the author into professional musicians' lifelong learning showed the huge importance of improvisation for personal expression. Musically, the concept of "sound" appeared to serve as a strong metaphor for identity. In addition,…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music Activities, Creative Activities, Biographies
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Nicol, Cynthia; Moore, Janet; Zappa, Sandra; Yusyp, Maryjanne; Sasges, Marise – Educational Action Research, 2004
This article examines the authors' experiences living action research through an art therapy activity known as YaYa that involved creating and sharing visual representations of themselves as beginning researchers. This activity was part of a graduate course on education action research and students in the course found the activity transformative.…
Descriptors: Action Research, Visual Arts, Art Products, Art Expression