Professional Development through Collaborative Inquiry for an Art Education Archipelago

Abstract

The culture of isolation in schools leaves many art educators feeling that they are, in a sense, islands. Working from the idea of an island, I use the geographic metaphor of an archipelago as a means to understand the tensions between isolation and collaboration related to professional development for art educators. In this article, I describe the potential for collaborative inquiry to transform professional learning in art education and discuss the challenges to implementing a collaborative model. I argue that a learner-directed collaborative approach best meets the diverse professional development needs of the art education archipelago and conclude with recommendations for overcoming the obstacles that stand in the way.

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