Conclusion: Doing, Seeing, Being and Believing in Arts-Based Research with Children

Abstract

This chapter summarises the broader findings of this book and reiterates the impacts and uses of arts-based methods for research with children. Drawing on rich empirical data from the Interfaith Childhoods project, this book offers a theoretical and practical guide to working with children and accounting for the complexities of their lived experiences. Here we focus on how teachers and researchers might use such methods, and the implications these methods have for enhancing children’s abilities to communicate complex experiences and perspectives. We then turn to potential avenues for further research with arts-based methodologies.