An arts-based approach to facilitating systems thinking in student leadership programs

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dc.contributor.authorCortes Acosta, Valeria
dc.contributor.supervisorMcGregor, Catherine
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-19T20:34:06Z
dc.date.available2013-04-19T20:34:06Z
dc.date.copyright2013en_US
dc.date.issued2013-04-19
dc.degree.departmentDept. of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studiesen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study explored the implementation of Image Theatre as a means to developing systems thinking in a co-curricular student leadership development program at the University of Victoria. The research question asked: In what ways does the implementation of an arts-based pedagogical approach, such as Image Theatre, illustrate the potentiality for undergraduate students to better understand ‘the bigger picture’ and the interconnections of their intersecting social systems? This inquiry was conducted through an arts-based methodology and used the Social Change Model of Leadership Development (Higher Education Research Institute, 1996) as a theoretical framework for designing the student leadership program. The study was conducted during a workshop in which Image Theatre and graphic recording were used in parallel to trace connections among the characters portrayed by six undergraduate students interested in environmental sustainability. The themes that emerged included the tensions of individuals ‘caught in the middle’, or system’s integrators, and the role of activism. The study’s findings suggest students’ understanding of systems as fragmented units and identifies the potentiality for further research and intentional practice emphasizing the interconnections and relationships among systems within the curriculum.en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0745en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0727en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0516en_US
dc.description.proquestemailvcortes@uvic.caen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/4534
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectstudent leadershipen_US
dc.subjectsystems thinkingen_US
dc.subjectimage theatreen_US
dc.subjectTheatre for Livingen_US
dc.subjectgraphic recordingen_US
dc.subjectSocial Change Model of Leadership Developmenten_US
dc.titleAn arts-based approach to facilitating systems thinking in student leadership programsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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