The Visual Journal as an Image Sphere: Interpreting Artworks with an Anamorphic Perspective

Abstract

During a 1-year study, the visual journal of a preservice teacher was explored as an image sphere, or bildraum, in relation to teacher culture. Artworks created in the visual journal offered an anamorphic perspective on the materiality of teacher culture, tracing the lived experiences of a student of art in the process of becoming an art teacher during her university program and field experiences. Such visual expressions increase transparency of learning experiences and awareness of evolving teacher identities, communicating through art the social practices of teacher culture and how artworks are pedagogic encounters that inform teacher education in particular ways.

Acknowledgments

This research was supported by a doctoral fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.