The quest for meaning : : narratives of teaching, learning and the arts / / Mary Beattie.

The Quest for Meaning: Teaching, Learning and the Arts presents a narrative, arts-based approach to pedagogy and research in higher education. Through narratives of experience, the book offers revealing, poignant examples of the transformative power of the arts and of narrative inquiry in learners’...

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Place / Publishing House:Rotterdam ;, Boston ;, Taipei : : Sense Publishers,, [2009]
©2009
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Mary Beattie
  • Choosing a Story to Live by: Connecting the Past, Present and Future of Our Lives / Mary Beattie
  • Prologue / Mary Beattie
  • The Ongoing Quest for Meaning: Only Connect / Mary Beattie
  • Narrative, Arts-Based Pedagogy: Connecting the Personal, Professional and Scholarly / Mary Beattie
  • The Dialogue With the Self: Connecting Insight and Imagination / Mary Beattie
  • Beginning With Myself / Michelle Pereira
  • Dancing Through Life, One Story at a Time / Melanie Markin
  • The Power of Stories / Carly Stasko
  • Being Seen / Bob Phillips
  • The Dialogue With Others: Hearing New Voices, Perspectives and Interpretations / Mary Beattie
  • Between the Laments and the Lullabies / Angélique Davies
  • Autobiography as Genesis: Linking the Student, Writer and Teacher in Us All / Carol Lipszyc
  • One Lens / Catherine Dowling
  • Learning From My Experiences: The Role of the Arts / Masayuki Hachiya
  • The Dialogue Between the Dialogues: Creating a New Narrative Through Interaction and Integration / Mary Beattie
  • A Recursive Path / Winifred Hunsburger
  • The Artful Body: A Narrative of an Embodied Relationship With the Arts / Rae Johnson
  • Voices / Benjamin Bolden
  • Hearing My Voice While Listening to the Choir / Carole Richardson
  • Author Biographies / Mary Beattie
  • Epilogue / Mary Beattie
  • Appendix / Mary Beattie
  • Appendix / Mary Beattie
  • References / Mary Beattie.