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Vox Poetica: bringing an arts-based research method to school leaders’ lockdown experiences

Thomson, Pat; Greany, Toby; Cousins, Susan; Martindale, Nick

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Authors

Susan Cousins

Nick Martindale



Abstract

The work of school leaders during lockdown has been emotionally charged and emotionally draining, affecting immediate well-being and longer term career plans. In order to communicate the emotions that we were told about and which were obvious during interviews with serving head teachers, we turned to arts informed methods. We used poems made from transcripts to complement and supplement the analysis of 58 interviews and survey responses (n=1491). The paper introduces the use of transcript poetry and explains our choice of method. The poems foreground the diversity that existed among the leaders, and the different kinds of interventions that might make a difference. Our example suggests that the educational leadership, management and administration field might benefit from further experimentation with arts based methods.

Citation

Thomson, P., Greany, T., Cousins, S., & Martindale, N. (2023). Vox Poetica: bringing an arts-based research method to school leaders’ lockdown experiences. Journal of Educational Administration and History, 55(2), 215-230. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220620.2022.2071849

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 20, 2022
Online Publication Date May 5, 2022
Publication Date 2023
Deposit Date May 3, 2022
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Journal of Educational Administration and History
Print ISSN 0022-0620
Electronic ISSN 1478-7431
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 55
Issue 2
Pages 215-230
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/00220620.2022.2071849
Keywords Sociology and Political Science; Education
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/7784723
Publisher URL https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00220620.2022.2071849

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