Materials and participants: A dialogical relationship

June 7th, 2021 | RESEARCH

Materials play an important role in learning. Humans actors use materials in particular ways depending on the context and materials also can shape how human actors use materials. This study explores the dialogical relationship between the participants and materials in suminagashi, a Japanese paper marbling activity. We found that materials that are traditionally thought of as art materials, such as paintbrushes, are used to support practices often considered science practices, such as experimentation.
 

Document

ISLS-2021.pdf

Team Members

Blakely Tsurusaki, Author, University of Washington Bothell
Laura Conner, Author, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Carrie Tzou, Author, University of Washington Bothell

Citation

Identifier Type: DOI
Identifier: https://doi.dx.org/10.22318/icls2021.1041

Publication: The International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2021: Reflecting the Past and Embracing the Future
Page(s): 1041-1042

Funders

Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)
Award Number: 1713155

Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)
Award Number: 1713276

Related URLs

Collaborative Research: Advancing professional development and broadening participation in informal science learning via the integration of the science and art of color

Tags

Audience: Educators | Teachers | Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: Art | music | theater | General STEM | Physics
Resource Type: Conference Proceedings | Reference Materials
Environment Type: Professional Development | Conferences | Networks | Professional Development and Workshops