Arts-Based Research: An Analysis of its use and teaching experience at The Hispanoamerican School

Abstract

This work addresses the development of research competencies on teacher's own professional practices in Visual Arts. The use of Arts-based Research (ABR) methodology promotes the relationship between the role of the teacher and that of the artist and researcher. It also demands that initial teacher formation in Arts provide teachers with research tools so that their professional duties are enhanced and strengthened. In- and out-class research fosters both self-reflection and enquiry capacities about teacher's own pedagogical practices. In this regard, the use of ABR in a formal education context at the Hispanoamerican School in Santiago de Chile contributed indeed to fostering meaningful learning about teachers' and students' artistic experiences at school.