Secondary school teachers' perceptions of the shared creative processes and the potential role of technology in the expressive arts

Abstract

With the introduction of Curriculum for Wales and the restructuring of subjects into Areas of Learning and Experience (AoLE), each AoLE is encouraged to have ‘an identifiable disciplinary and instrumental core’. When considered in combination with the COVID‐19 pandemic and increased technology use within teaching, both the shared creative processes and the potential role of technology are important to conceptualise. This paper provides insight into expressive arts teachers' perceptions of the macro‐level creative processes shared across each subject area through a technology lens. A new tripartite classification provides clarity regarding the macro‐level creative processes (Creative opportunities, Critical responses and Performance/production) and the role of technology to enable equal opportunities and wider accessibility for learners to access, and potentially succeed within, the creative process.