At the end of her “Method Meets Art” book, Leavy raises an important question: who is the research for? Who benefits from it? Why do we do research? She argues that Arts-Based Research closes the gap between the “general public” and the privileged academically-trained audiences.
I cannot agree more! Teachers train on the job, by learning “tips and tricks” passed along from one teacher to another. They learn how to find a way to reach those “hard-to-reach” kids heuristically. They try what works and what does not. I doubt most have the time to search, read, and decode scholarly texts written in the traditional stiff voice of a white male professor.