Arts-based learning in the development of vocational skills

Experiences from studies at Vocational Teacher Education, Oslo Metropolitan University

Authors

  • Cecilie Meltzer Oslo Metropolitan University
  • Eva Schwencke

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7577/sjvd.3423

Keywords:

arts-based learning, life skills, vocational education, working identity, creativity

Abstract

There is a need to develop an extended set of competences in the school of the future (NOU, 2014: 7, 2015: 8). This article examines how arts-based learning can enhance professional and vocational skills. It explores whether this way of learning can strengthen the connection between education and working life, develop creativity, cultivate life skills, professional identity and character.
We address and clarify the historical division between art and working life and presents theories that explain how subjectivity and personal development processes may be improved. Principles from confluent pedagogy are used to actualise how arts-based learning may contribute to the professional field.
The data obtained is from the period 2009 to 2015. The material, based on experiences and results from five different courses in Creative Communication, and three classes of students at a three-year bachelor's degree program in Design and Crafts, is from the Department of Vocational Teacher Education at Oslo Metropolitan University.
The article summarises how art-based learning may reinstate the role of the arts in the professional field of expertise and represent an essential part in the development of vocational competences. It suggests trying out and giving room to different forms of arts-based learning at all levels of education.

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Cecilie Meltzer, Oslo Metropolitan University

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Eva Schwencke

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Published

2019-12-13

How to Cite

Meltzer, C., & Schwencke, E. (2019). Arts-based learning in the development of vocational skills: Experiences from studies at Vocational Teacher Education, Oslo Metropolitan University. Scandinavian Journal of Vocations in Development, 4(1), 220–249. https://doi.org/10.7577/sjvd.3423

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2019)

Section

Scientific Articles

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