Friday, April 25, 2008
The Research Paper is Done!!
My professor is a believer of arts-based research. Arts-based research was once a totally weird thing but it's starting to catch on. You do a research study and then create an art piece. The art piece displays your data and findings in an abstract way. I'm not an academic so I can't tell you what I think about arts-based research in connection to that. However, I do see the benefit of expressing yourself and the struggle you've been through (research is always a struggle). I decided to do silk screening. I hadn't done it since high school but I loved it then and have always wanted to do some stuff on my own. I bought a silk screen and some paint, a squeegee, and random plastic dividers to make my stencil. I'm hoping to figure out how to do a silk screen using the photo developing stuff later. The stencil is way easier. Anyways, my research was about students with disabilities and their attitudes towards attendance to tutoring sessions and what they thought about rewards and if they thought rewards would motivate them. The majority said that rewards were a good thing and the majority said cash was what they wanted. Awww, so sweet. Here's my design:
¶ 4/25/2008
My professor is a believer of arts-based research. Arts-based research was once a totally weird thing but it's starting to catch on. You do a research study and then create an art piece. The art piece displays your data and findings in an abstract way. I'm not an academic so I can't tell you what I think about arts-based research in connection to that. However, I do see the benefit of expressing yourself and the struggle you've been through (research is always a struggle). I decided to do silk screening. I hadn't done it since high school but I loved it then and have always wanted to do some stuff on my own. I bought a silk screen and some paint, a squeegee, and random plastic dividers to make my stencil. I'm hoping to figure out how to do a silk screen using the photo developing stuff later. The stencil is way easier. Anyways, my research was about students with disabilities and their attitudes towards attendance to tutoring sessions and what they thought about rewards and if they thought rewards would motivate them. The majority said that rewards were a good thing and the majority said cash was what they wanted. Awww, so sweet. Here's my design:
¶ 4/25/2008
