How did this project come to be?

Research Method:

1. Identify a phenomenon - Learning about Jamaican Visual Art

2. Develop description of the phenomenon- What did google say?

3. Bracket personal prejudice and prior assumnptions à Were perceived limitations a fair assertion? Asking community

4. Collection of dataà Immersion and Interviewing

5. Data analysis + Presentation à Rhizomatic Considerations

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Phenomenological Inquiry

• Phenomenological inquiry is a qualitative research approach that aims to understand and describe the lived experiences of individuals regarding a specific phenomenon focusing on meaning they assign to specific related experiences. 

• Phenomenological inquiry aligns with Constructivism. In 2016 Jamaica’s Ministry of Education introduced the National Standard Curriculum that adopted a constructivist learning pedagogy. Constructive pedagogy operates on the belief that through reflection of lived experiences we construct our own understanding and meaning of the world around us. Constructivism is a theory of knowing vs a theory of teaching. (Branford, Derry, Berliner, Hammerness with Beckett, 2005, p. 53) Where do prior conceptions of Jamaican visual art originate from that influence meaning making?  

 

Stuard Hall on Meaning Making

 

The Phenomenon: Learning Jamaican Visual Art

• Verona Barnes

• Danielle Fifi

 

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