How Visual Methodologies Create Equitable Spaces for Culturally Responsible Research
Location
Session 3 Presentations - Research Methods
Proposal Track
Research Project
Session Format
Presentation
Abstract
How Visual Methodologies Create Equitable Spaces for Culturally Responsible Research
When conducting research, we must not only adhere to the strictest of ethical behavior, but do so for the beneficence of culturally and linguistically diverse individuals as well. Exploring how data can be utilized, collected, and rendered useful in the education arena is of utmost importance to those most closely involved in the generation of research for improving educational practice, while ensuring cultural responsibility.
This presentation will focus on the functions, cultures, and outcomes of teaching and learning using visual methodologies (i.e., participant-generated drawings, photo-elicitation, film, etc.). It is intended for teachers, researchers, and teacher-researchers - in higher education as well as at PK-12 levels – who are ready to engage with innovative, and often compelling, research methods that make data collection across data sources accessible, equitable, and culturally responsive, (i.e., responsible).
We will show how we and our colleagues in education have conceptualized, generated, and executed research utilizing visual data in our own schools, classrooms, and districts, and what was learned from these investigations, while at the same time revealing how visual methodologies created spaces for culturally responsible research and meaningful educational responsibility.
Keywords
visual methodologies, culturally responsible research, educational responsibility, equitable spaces
Professional Bio
Dr. Harriet J. Bessette is a Professor in Special Education, in the Department of Inclusive Education at Kennesaw State University in Georgia, USA. Dr. Bessette completed her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Boston College and has worked in teaching, consultative, and administrative capacities in P-12 schools to improve the lives of students with exceptionalities and their families. In addition to pedagogy focusing on the use of high leverage practices within inclusive settings, Dr. Bessette’s research interests include Vygotskian and neo-Vygotskian conceptual theory, visual research methods, and examination of the intersection of Special Education, leadership practice, and social justice theory. Camille Sutton-Brown is an associate professor of Educational Research in the department of Elementary & Early Childhood Education at Kennesaw State University in Georgia, USA. Dr. Sutton-Brown holds a Ph.D. in Educational Policy Studies: Research, Measurement, and Statistics from Georgia State University. Her research interests include: photovoice methodology, qualitative research methods, visual research methods, transnational feminism, community-based development, and international development.
Creative Commons License
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Recommended Citation
Bessette, Harriet J. and Sutton Brown, Camille, "How Visual Methodologies Create Equitable Spaces for Culturally Responsible Research" (2021). Georgia Educational Research Association Conference. 50.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gera/2021/2021/50
How Visual Methodologies Create Equitable Spaces for Culturally Responsible Research
Session 3 Presentations - Research Methods
How Visual Methodologies Create Equitable Spaces for Culturally Responsible Research
When conducting research, we must not only adhere to the strictest of ethical behavior, but do so for the beneficence of culturally and linguistically diverse individuals as well. Exploring how data can be utilized, collected, and rendered useful in the education arena is of utmost importance to those most closely involved in the generation of research for improving educational practice, while ensuring cultural responsibility.
This presentation will focus on the functions, cultures, and outcomes of teaching and learning using visual methodologies (i.e., participant-generated drawings, photo-elicitation, film, etc.). It is intended for teachers, researchers, and teacher-researchers - in higher education as well as at PK-12 levels – who are ready to engage with innovative, and often compelling, research methods that make data collection across data sources accessible, equitable, and culturally responsive, (i.e., responsible).
We will show how we and our colleagues in education have conceptualized, generated, and executed research utilizing visual data in our own schools, classrooms, and districts, and what was learned from these investigations, while at the same time revealing how visual methodologies created spaces for culturally responsible research and meaningful educational responsibility.
