We, the Editors, authors and Publisher of the journal Youth Theatre Journal have retracted the following article:
Kennedy C. Chinyowa, Willy Mwakapenda & Selloane Mokuku (2021) Crossing the river: toward an embodied pedagogy for integrating arts and mathematics education, Youth Theatre Journal, 35:1-2, 129-140. DOI: 10.1080/08929092.2021.1919264
Since publication, concerns have been raised about the level of contribution of the research reported in this article, compared to the authors previous publication: Kennedy C. Chinyowa, Willy Mwakapenda & Selloane Mokuku (2017) Crossing the River: Towards an emerging pedagogy for integrating arts and mathematics education, Mosenodi Journal 20:1, 48-56. When approached for an explanation, the authors agreed that significant further revisions are needed to clarify the novel aspects of the research reported, and therefore, they have agreed to retract the article. The authors apologise for this oversight and plan to resubmit a revised paper for consideration by the journal.
We have been informed in our decision-making by our policy on publishing ethics and integrity and the COPE guidelines on retractions.
The retracted article will remain online to maintain the scholarly record, but it will be digitally watermarked on each page as ‘Retracted’.