Reconciling the Other: Travelling Objects and Collaborative Teaching

  • Moe Iezaki Kanazawa Gakuin University, Department of Education, Faculty of Literature
  • Magdalena Novotná Faculty of Education, Charles University
Keywords: cultural inclusion, cultural identity, art education, collaborative learning, Other

Abstract

A collaborative art education project involving Japan and the Czech Republic focused on the enculturation processes experienced by two teachers and their students, how immersion in visual arts can contribute to cultural understanding and the reconciliation of two pedagogical approaches to art. This project also addressed this reconciliation with the unknowable ‘Other’ through the creation of artwork, ‘travelling objects’ and collaborative teaching. Outcomes include similarities between objects from the two countries and two pedagogical approaches and suggest that participants strived to reconcile the Other, thus creating a spatial and relational intermediate space by dealing with those objects and communicating together.

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Published
2022-03-23
How to Cite
Iezaki M., & Novotná M. (2022). Reconciling the Other: Travelling Objects and Collaborative Teaching. Journal of Elementary Education, 15(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.18690/rei.15.1.1-16.2022
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Scientific Articles