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artist-teacher, adult community learning, identity

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Employment (4)

WEA: Essex, GB

2022-04-01 to present | Art tutor (Art)
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Abbie Cairns

SPACE : London, GB

2018-10-01 to present | Facilitator (Creative Practitioner Support Programme)
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Abbie Cairns

Essex County Council: Chelmsford, GB

2018-01-01 to present | Art Tutor (Education)
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Abbie Cairns

Norwich University of the Arts: Norwich, Norfolk, GB

2022-01-04 to 2022-07-31 | Research Assistant
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Abbie Cairns

Education and qualifications (4)

Norwich University of the Arts: Norwich, Norfolk, GB

2020-09-01 to 2033-09-01 | Ph.D. (Post Graduate )
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Abbie Cairns

University of Suffolk: Ipswich, GB

2017-09-01 to 2018-10-01 | MA Fine Art (Art)
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Abbie Cairns

Colchester Institute: Colchester, Essex, GB

2016-09-01 to 2017-06-01 | PGCE (Education )
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Abbie Cairns

Norwich University of the Arts: Norwich, Norfolk, GB

2013-10-01 to 2016-06-01 | BA Fine Art (Hons) (Fine Art)
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Abbie Cairns

Professional activities (3)

Society for Education and Training: London, GB

2025-03-01 to present
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Abbie Cairns

National Society for Education in Art and Design: Corsham, GB

2021-03-01 to present | Artist Educator
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Abbie Cairns

Colchester Art Society: Essex, GB

2019-04-01 to present | Board Member
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Abbie Cairns

Works (11)

The Role of Imagination in Autoethnographic Research

International Journal of Art & Design Education
2025-03-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Abbie Cairns
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How arts-based adult community learning transforms community well-being: from isolation to belonging

Journal of Vocational Education & Training
2025-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Abbie Cairns
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The role of subject-specific continuing professional development for vocational teachers in further education: an artist-teacher in adult community learning perspective

Research in Post-Compulsory Education
2025-01-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Abbie Cairns
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Interrogating artist-teacher identity transformation in adult community learning

Journal of Vocational Education & Training
2024-10-19 | Journal article
Contributors: Abbie Cairns
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Professionalism and Artist–Teachers in Adult Community Learning in the UK

International Journal of Art & Design Education
2024-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Abbie Cairns
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Identities of a post-graduate research student

Open Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
2023-07-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2752-4116
Contributors: Abbie Cairns
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Artist-teacher-researcher-student: exploring the enterprises of the artist-teacher in adult community learning

Research in Post-Compulsory Education
2023-04-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Abbie Cairns
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What motivates the artist-teacher in adult community learning? It’s not about the money

Research in Post-Compulsory Education
2023-04-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Abbie Cairns
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An Interrogation into the Need for a New Definition for the Artist‐Teacher in Adult Community Learning

International Journal of Art & Design Education
2022-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Abbie Cairns
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Jessica’s Vignette: Becoming an Artist-Teacher in ACL

inSPIRE FE
2022-11-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Abbie Cairns
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Abbie Cairns

Artist-Teacher Identity (Trans)formation: Understanding the identity of the artist-teacher with the use of an artist-teacher identity model

inSPIRE FE
2022-01-31 | Journal article
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2635-0920

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Abbie Cairns