Using visual journals to build resilience in an online Master of Arts in Art Education programme
Abstract
This action research study shares ways visual journaling was incorporated through online instruction to help practising art teachers work through daily stress, learn to practise mindfulness and self-care and finally, to reflect on their own classroom research to grow as artist-teachers during a two-year online Master’s in Art Education programme. The findings from the research show the importance of providing all teachers time, space, and a community of support to build the necessary skills and behaviours to develop resilience. The ultimate goal of visual journaling was not only to reflect on their research questions, but also to recognise the interconnectedness of body, mind, spirit and emotions teachers experience through an organic process of art making during these tumultuous times in education.
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Author's Biography
Wendy Miller Dr Wendy S. Miller is a Professor of Art Education and coordinator of undergraduate Art Education at the University of Northern Iowa, where she teaches studio and undergraduate and graduate art education courses. She is a community-based art educator and her research focuses on community building through collaborative art making to create artwork around common messages of social awareness and inclusive practices locally and globally. Wendy often centres her work around social emotional learning and healing practices through art making.
Citation
Miller, Wendy (2025, June 1). Using visual journals to build resilience in an online Master of Arts in Art Education programme. In the Advances in Online Education: A Peer-Reviewed Journal, Volume 3, Issue 4. https://doi.org/10.69554/XOQT1903.
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