USING ART AS RESEARCH IN LEARNING & TEAC. This item is unavailable.USING ART AS RESEARCH IN LEARNING & TEAC

Using Art as Research in Learning and Teaching explores various multidisciplinary visual and performing art forms, including creative writing, as ways to provide a rich contribution and understanding to research, learning and teaching. Key figures in the field share their art-based research, arts practice and philosophy, bringing the arts to life within their taught and learnt contexts across a variety of art forms and levels of post-compulsory education. In what is an invaluable collection, this book is directly beneficial to arts researchers and educators, addressing the key challenges and possibilities in a rapidly changing higher education environment.

Emeritus Professor Ross W. Prior is best known for his work in applied arts and health as the founding principal editor of the Journal of Applied Arts & Health (JAAH), established in 2010. In 2015, he was appointed inaugural professor of learning and teaching in the arts in higher education at the University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom, where he is retained. Professional memberships include fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health and principal fellow of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA). At the time of publication, he is a long-standing member of the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Peer Review College for UK Research and Innovation. His most recent co-edited book is Applied Arts and Health: Building Bridges across Arts, Therapy, Health, Education, and Community (Intellect, 2022).

Contact: Faculty of Arts, Business and Social Sciences, University of Wolverhampton, The Performance Hub, Walsall Campus, Gorway Road, Walsall WS1 3BD, UK.

Shaun McNiff is internationally recognized for furthering universal access to artistic expression as a source of creative well-being and human understanding through teaching and lecturing and through critically acclaimed books and publications. He is the recipient of numerous honours and awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Journal of Applied Arts & Health for ‘leading a global commitment to art-based research’. His forthcoming 2026 book, Art is the Evidence: A Guide to Art-Based Research will be published by Intellect.