Browsing by Author "Sanford, Kathy"

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    Learning informally: A case for arts in vocational education and training in Uganda
    (Engage Creative Arts, 2022) Openjuru Ladaah, Maxwell; Ladaah Openjuru, George; Sanford, Kathy; De Oliveira Jayme ,Bruno; Monk, David
    This paper advocates for the inclusion of the arts in vocational learning programs in Uganda as an integrated form of holistic learning oriented towards empowerment and entrepreneurship. Using community-based research in the context of vocational education and training, our data emerged from open-ended interviews, focus groups and youth-led radio talk shows with stakeholders from public and private sectors, instructors, artists, and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs). Three significant themes arose from the data collected. First, pathways available to learners to become artists are limited by increasing neoliberal orientations towards education. Second, there is a thriving informal youth-led arts community in northern Uganda empowering young artists to pursue the arts as a livelihood. Third, the arts are socially delegitimated. That is, without ways for learners to generate income from the arts, they are not able to devote their time to learning through the arts, and their artistic endeavors are not recognized as important skills in their communities or in society. Although different, these three themes demonstrate that there is a vibrant space in the informal sector of arts to inform professional practices, that if supported by vocational education and training, have the potential to become important and much needed professional careers in Uganda.
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    Learning Informally: A Case for Arts Learning in Vocational Education and Training in Uganda
    (IUPUI Arts and Humanities Institute, 2022) Monk, David; Ladaah, Openjuru Godwine; Sanford, Kathy; de Oliveira Jayme, Bruno; Openjuru George2
    Argues for integrating arts-based informal learning methodologies into formal VET programs in Uganda to boost creativity, problem-solving, and civic engagement among youth
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    Learning with digital portfolios: Teacher candidates forming an assessment identity
    (Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2022) Hopper, Tim; Sanford, Kathy; Hong, Fu; Monk, David
    Investigates how pre-service teachers develop their professional assessment identities using digital e-portfolios, highlighting reflective learning and formative assessment practices.