Use broad and specific keywords and develop methodological search filters to improve retrieval of arts-based research¶

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Description¶

To facilitate information retrieval in a field with no shared vocabulary, the review recommends that ABR researchers "use broad as well as specific key-terms in the indexation of their articles" and combine methodological ABR terms (e.g. photovoice, theatre of the oppressed, participatory video) with types of arts-based research (art in research, art as research, research about art) and research phases. Review authors could also develop and test methodological search filters for sensitivity and specificity, since specific filters to retrieve ABR studies have not yet been developed or tested.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Indexation combining broad ABR terms with specific technique names and research-phase terms

Constraints¶

• No specific search filters for ABR studies existed yet at the time of the review

Target Learners¶

• educational and social science researchers using or reviewing arts-based methods

Target Learning Goals¶

• improving retrieval and communication about arts-based research across disciplines

Affordances¶

• Abr Definition Community Based Inquiry

Related Strategies¶

• Direct Instruction: Keyword Search
• Adopt a conservative abstract-screening strategy with a 'maybe' category and keyword exclusion filters to prevent premature exclusion
• Future AI-SRL research should broaden search strategies, include educators and younger learners, address motivation, and apply longitudinal designs
• Boolean Operators

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Sara Coemans, Karin Hannes. (2017). Researchers Under the Spell of the Arts: Two Decades of Using Arts-Based Methods in Community-Based Inquiry with Vulnerable Populations. Educational Research Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2017.08.003