Publications and Conference Papers
Selected Works
Journal Articles
Mitchell, L. A., and Kennedy, K. (2021, submitted, under review). An arts-based exploration of classroom management through portraiture. Learning Landscapes.
Wang, Y., Peng, Y., Mitchell, L. A., and Hu, J. (2021). Integration of resilience training and English training through a lens of social constructionism. Journal of Creativity in Mental Health.
Mitchell, L. A. (2010). A continuum of learning: Enhancing connections between teacher-candidates and graduate students in education through a narrative framework. In Education, 16(2).
Book Chapters
Mitchell, L. A. (2022, submitted, under review). In the drift: A poetic inquiry on teacher candidates’ conceptions of mental health in education. In Oliver, K. (Ed.). In pursuit of wellbeing: Practical approaches for honoring the whole person through art education.
Bourgoin, R., and Mitchell, L. A. (2021, accepted, in press). From brick and mortar to remote learning: Building a community of learners and re-creating a sense of belonging in the online environment. In Danyluk, P. et al (Eds.). Crisis and opportunity: How Canadian Bachelor of Education programs responded to the pandemic. Projected release date: October 2021.
Mitchell, L. A. & Kennedy, K. (2020). Cameraless film-making in the education classroom: A professor-student artistic collaboration. In Mriewed, H., Carter, M. R., & Mitchell, C. (Eds.), Art as an agent for social change (pp. 128 – 136). Brill-Sense Publishers.
Conference Presentations
Mitchell, L. A. (2022, submitted, under review). Portraits and poems: Teacher candidates’ perspectives on mental health in education. Paper submitted to the CSSE Annual Conference.
Mitchell, L. A., and Kennedy, K. (2022, submitted, under review). Constellations: An arts-based inquiry on teacher candidates’ conceptions of mental health. Paper submitted to the British Educational Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference.
Bourgoin, R., and Mitchell, L. A. (2022, submitted, under review). Teaching teacher candidates virtually: Lessons learned in building positive learning environments and communities of learners online. Paper submitted to the CSSE Annual Conference.
Bourgoin, R., and Mitchell, L. A. (2021). Preparing teacher candidates in an online learning environment: Exploring promising interdisciplinary teaching strategies and practices. Paper presented at the CATE Annual Working Conference.
Mitchell, L. A. & Kennedy, K. (2021). Painting a learner portrait: Arts-based understandings of classroom management. Paper presented at the CSSE Annual Conference (virtual via University of Alberta, Calgary, AB).
Mitchell, L. A. (2020). Let’s do this together: Collaborative teaching and learning in an arts-informed education classroom. Paper accepted for presentation at the British Educational Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference, Liverpool, UK. Conference cancelled due to Covid-19 – paper presented virtually with live pre-recorded talk.
Mitchell, L. A., & Kennedy, K. (2020). Adventures in film-making: Professor-student collaboration in an arts education classroom. Paper accepted for presentation at the AERA Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, USA. Conference cancelled due to Covid-19.
Mitchell, L. A. (2019). Appreciating the other: Professor-student collaboration in an Arts education classroom. Paper presented at the CSSE Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC.
Mitchell, L. A., & Kennedy, K. (2018). Cameraless film-making in the classroom: A professor-student artistic collaboration. Paper presented at the Arts-Informed Research Group (AIRG) Annual Conference, McGill University, Montreal, QC.
Mitchell, L. A. (2017). In search of a tiny treasure: Exploring music teachers’ conceptions of international-mindedness. Paper presented at the British Educational Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference, Sussex, UK.
Book Reviews
Mitchell, L. A. (2010). What’s your story? A book review of Fowler’s "A Curriculum of Difficulty: Narrative Research in Education and the Practice of Teaching" (2006). In Education, 16(2).