Marike Hoekstra (1966) is a Dutch artist-teacher-researcher. In 2018 she graduated as a PhD at the University of Chester with a doctoral thesis titled “Artist Teachers and Democratic Pedagogy”. Marike works as a researcher and teaches at different institutions for higher art education in the Netherlands. As an artist she works with drawing and installation art. Previous research publications concern altermodern art education, artist teachers, young children, professional learning communities and inclusion, and art-based education research. Marike is interested in the way artist teachers and studio spaces can contribute to art education as a site for third space pedagogies.
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