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Youth Practices in
Digital Arts and New
Media: Learning
in Formal and
Informal Settings
Joanna Black
Associate Professor of Curriculum, Teaching and
Learning, University of Manitoba, Canada
Juan Carlos Castro
Assistant Professor of Art Education, Concordia
University, Canada
and
Ching-Chiu Lin
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of British
Columbia, Canada
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youth practices in digital arts and new media
Copyright © Joanna Black, Juan Carlos Castro and Ching-Chiu Lin, 2015.
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015978-1-137-47516-9
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For all of the students, teachers, and administrators,
who taught us about learning
To our families, for their love and support
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Contents
List of Figures viii
Acknowledgments ix
Notes on Contributors x
1 Introduction 1
Joanna Black
New media usage in formal and informal
settings 3
Definitions of terms 7
A discussion of formal, informal and
nonformal environments 9
Discussion of the book 10
Conclusion 12
2 Economic, Social, and Personal Aspects of
Educating for Creativity: A Study of a
Community-Based Youth Media Arts
Program 19
Ching-Chiu Lin
Why creativity now? 20
The Frames Film Project 23
Discussion 28
Conclusion 33
3 Amplifying Youth Cultural Practices by
Engaging and Developing Professional
Identity through Social Media 40
Martin Lalonde and Juan Carlos Castro
Educational concerns in Quebec 41
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The Quebec context 43
Maison Kekpart 46
Method 50
Findings 51
4 New Media Pedagogy in Two High Schools: A Look at
Formal Learning Environments 63
Joanna Black
Case study of new media pedagogy in two high schools:
a look at formal learning environments 64
Research methodology 65
The two high schools: the formal learning environments 66
The school program and curricula: Orangeville
Collegiate Institute 68
The school program and curricula: Applewood
Alternative High School 75
Teachers and their pedagogical approaches: a
comparison of Applewood and Orangeville 82
Conclusions: learning from effective practices 85
Final thoughts and recommendations 91
5 Learning in Place: Profiles of Youth Media Arts
Practices in an Informal Learning Setting 97
Ching-Chiu Lin and Kit Grauer
The place of GIFTS 98
The experience of GIFTS 101
Relational encounters with GIFTS 104
Final remarks 110
6 Conclusion 114
Juan Carlos Castro
Professional practice and identity 116
Learning community(ies) 117
Cultural and creative practices 118
Pedagogy of new media art education 119
Connecting curricula to the larger community 121
Creating the conditions for youth engagement 122
Index 125
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List of Figures
4.1 Work by high school student from
Orangeville Collegiate, “Face” 69
4.2 Work by high school student from
Orangeville Collegiate, “Room” 73
4.3 High school student from Orangeville
Collegiate, “Drums in the Snow” 74
4.4 High School student from Orangeville
Collegiate, “Lookout” 74
4.5 High School student from Orangeville
Collegiate, “Gates” 77
4.6 High school student from Orangeville
Collegiate, “Music” 77
4.7 High school student from Applewood
Alternative School, Video DVD Cover, of
Mice and Men 79
4.8 High school student from Applewood
Alternative School, George from of Mice and Men 79
4.9 High school student from Applewood
Alternative School, Train 81
4.10 High school student from Applewood
Alternative School, Street Scene 84
4.11 High School student from Applewood
Alternative School, “I Went to War 2” 87
4.12 High School student from Applewood
Alternative School, “I Went to War 3” 90
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Acknowledgments
The editors of this book wish to acknowledge the indis-
pensable editorial and administrative assistance of Allison
Moore. Each of the authors would also like to gratefully
acknowledge financial support of this research through
the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
(SSHRC) of Canada: firstly, Model New Media: Video
Programs in Art Education Case Study Research (Joanna
Black, principal investigator); secondly, Citizens of
Tomorrow: Investigating the Impact of Community Media
Arts Practice on Marginalized Urban Youth (Kit Grauer,
principal investigator, Juan Carlos Castro, coinvestiga-
tor); and finally, an Insight Development Grant entitled,
Youth Arts Practice as the Production of Knowledge for
Community Development (Ching-Chiu Lin, principal
investigator).
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