Education: International Compendium of Arts and Education Research
Description
D'Art Report: Arts and education research: towards an international compendium
D'Art Topics in Arts Policy no.19, April 2005
IFACCA, UNESCO and Australia Council for the Arts
The D'Art research program was used in the development of the publication 'The Wow Factor: Global research compendium on the impact of the arts in education', the result of a collaboration between Professor Anne Bamford, University of Technology Sydney, UNESCO, the Australia Council for the Arts and IFACCA, to establish an international compendium of research demonstrating the impact of what the report terms ‘arts-rich’ educational programmes for children and young people around the world.
The first chapter presents the background and context for the report and offers an overview of the central issues. Chapters 2 to 7 present an analysis of wide-ranging data collected regarding the extent and impact of arts-rich programmes on children and young people. It includes representative case studies of arts-rich programmes in over 35 countries in order to exemplify the issues raised. The concluding chapter draws the observations together for an overall sense of how the different arts-rich programmes can be characterised and compared, and includes recommendations on how, and to what extent, these may be improved in the future. Appendices at the end of the study present some of the data collected from each country, along with other relevant information such as details of the case studies.
Among the report’s main findings are: the arts appear in the educational policy in almost every country in the world; there is a gulf between ‘lip service’ given to arts education and the provisions for it within schools; the term ‘arts education’ is culture and context-specific and the meaning varies from country to country; economically-developed countries tend to embrace new media in the curriculum; in economically developing countries greater emphasis is placed on culture-specific arts; there is a difference in what can be termed education in the arts and education through the arts; arts education has an impact on the child, the teaching and learning environment, and on the community; there is need for more training for key providers of arts education; quality arts education tends to be characterised by a strong partnership between the schools and external arts and community organisations.
The report is available in print form for €24.90 from Waxmann Publishing and can be ordered via the Waxmann website at http://www.waxmann.com. Case studies are available at http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=29980&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Publications
First We See: The national review of visual education
A new report that provides a vision for the visual education of Australian students into the future. more >
Arts in Education and Creativity
A literature review that provides an historical and theoretical overview of arts education and creativity. more >
Educating in the Arts: The Asian Experience
This book provides a comprehensive conceptual framework for analysing the arts in education and in society. more >
EDUCULT Memo Summer 2008
The summer edition of EDUCULT memo contains a number of articles and resources on arts and education. more >
Points of Alignment: The Report of the Special Committee on the Arts and Education
A report on arts-in-education provision in Ireland that makes five key recommendations to improve such provision. more >
Learning, Arts, and the Brain
A report on scientific findings on defining and evaluating relationships between arts training and the ability of the brain to learn in other cognitive domains. more >
Culture and Learning Consultation Paper
Challenges cultural professionals and educationalists to provide a new and coherent direction for creative learning and for encouraging creativity through culture. more >
Arts and cultural education in the Netherlands
Netwerken en verbindingen: Arts and cultural education in the Netherlands assesses the current state of these two subjects in the country. more >
Evaluation of school-based arts education programs in Australian schools
An evaluation of four school-based arts programmes which finds no evidence that the arts enhance academic outcomes, but that the arts do impact positively on broader factors such as attitude, engagement, and social skills. more >
UNESCO Chair in Arts and Learning - Newsletter
A quarterly newsletter on Arts and Learning. more >
Kwaliteit en consistentie. Arts and cultural education in Flanders
A research report by Anne Bamford, following on from The Wow Factor, that applies the same framework to Flemish data to enable international comparisons to be made. more >
Keep Arts in Schools
A website designed to equip individuals with what they need to make compelling cases for arts education. more >
Creative Partnerships Literature Reviews
Creative Partnerships, the Arts Council England's flagship creativity and cultural programme, has recently launched a series of literature reviews, commissioned in recognition of the fact that the programme works in cross-disciplinary ways, drawing on the widest fields of endeavour. more >
Turning vision into reality: Arts and culture education in Korea
An overview of arts and education policies in South Korea. more >
Arts Integration: Frameworks, Research Practice
A literature review of research on 'arts integration' or 'interdisciplinary' arts educational practices from 1995 to 2007.
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This Much We Know: Impact of Creative Partnerships
Four publications that describe and evaluate 'Creative Partnerships', the UK Government’s flagship creativity programme for schools and young people. more >
Critical Evidence: How the Arts Benefit Student Achievement
A joint advocacy publication of NASAA and the Arts Education Partnership that makes the case for how the arts contribute to student achievement and success. more >
Instructional Time and the Place of Aesthetic Education in School Curricula at the Beginning of the 21st Century
Reviews some of the major ideologies and research findings related to the value of aesthetic education. more >
D'Art Report: Arts and Education Research; Towards an International Compendium
The development and publication of 'The Wow Factor: Global research compendium on the impact of the arts in education' and related resources. more >
Art Becomes the Fourth R
Art is fast becoming the new literacy for our times. more >
News
Is it the job of our schools to create an appreciative audience for higher culture?
A new Rand study concludes that schools must expand arts education to build a new audience, which raises the question: Is it the job of schools to create market demand for arts or any other endeavor? more >
Arts Council publishes Arts and Education Report
The Arts Council has published 'Points of Alignment', the Report of the Special Committee on the Arts and Education. more >
Everyone's a conductor with new game
But would-be Leonard Bernsteins who wave the remote control correctly as they try out "UBS Virtual Maestro" can experience a small part of what it's like to be a conductor. more >
The OEI will launch the program ‘Arts and Education, Culture and Citizenship’ in Costa Rica
This program is an initiative of the OEI, supported by the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI), which aims to strengthen the links between education and culture within the school systems and to build, as a result, a citizenship that takes into account and respects cultural diversity. more >
La OEI pondrá hoy en marcha en Costa Rica el programa ‘Educación Artística, Cultura y Ciudadanía’
Se trata de una iniciativa de la OEI, realizada con el apoyo de la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECI), que se propone fortalecer los vínculos entre educación y cultura en los sistemas escolares y formar así una ciudadanía que reconozca y respete la diversidad cultural. more >
Is music the key to academic gains?
The 'Mozart effect' theory advanced in the '90s may have been debunked, but new studies are providing evidence that music can play a very important role in a child's development. more >
Dancing with technology
A Minnesota Shubert Center program uses a live audio-video Web connection to bring the arts to school kids statewide. more >
First Fame-style school planned
The first fully-selective arts academy will be built in Birmingham, ministers have revealed. more >
Does Reading Matter?
Amazon debuts Kindle just as the National Endowment for the Arts says it's fading. more >
International Seminar On Arts And Education 2007: Challenges For Democratic And Quality Access
IFACCA recently participated in the First International Seminar On Arts And Education 2007: Challenges For Democratic And Quality Access. more >
IFACCA Participó Recientemente En El Primer Seminario Internacional De Educación Artística: Desafíos Para Un Acceso Democrático Y De Calidad
La FICAAC presentó, como parte del panel Cooperación Internacional y Educación Artística, el reporte Acciones de la Federación Internacional de Consejos de Artes y Agencias Culturales –FICAAC– en Educación Artística. more >
First Round of Participants in Education Leaders Institute Announced
The first round of grant recipients in the Education Leaders Institute, which aims to put more muscle behind the mandates for arts education, have been announced. more >
School creativity 'needs support'
Creativity in England's schools needs to be taken 'far more seriously' according to a parliamentary education committee. more >
IFACCA presents at arts and education seminar
IFACCA has been invited to take part as a speaker at the panel “International Cooperation and Arts and Education”. more >
La FICAAC Presentará En El Primer Seminario Internacional En Educación Artística 2007: Desafíos Para Un Acceso Democrático Y De Calidad
La FICAAC ha sido invitada para participar en el panel “Cooperación Internacional y Educación Artística” de este seminario. more >
Young at art
The Prince is introducing our kids to culture. more >
NEA and XM Radio Launch The Big Read
The Big Read brings communities together to read and discuss a single book in order to restore reading to the center of American public culture. more >
New website: Keep Arts in Schools
The Ford Foundation has launched 'Keep Arts in Schools', a new website designed to equip individuals with what they need to make compelling cases for arts education. more >
UNESCO seeks Arts Education Observatories
UNESCO is searching for candidates in the Asia-Pacific region to become arts education Observatories. more >
Australian Literature in Education Roundtable
The Australia Council hosted a roundtable on the study of Australian literature in schools and universities. more >
IFACCA at World Creativity Summit
In partnership with the The World Alliance for Arts Education (WAAE), IFACCA has helped facilitate the inclusion of several government arts policymakers in the World Creativity Summit, which concluded in Hong Kong yesterday. Over 100 invited delegates attended the Summit which aimed to bring together outstanding innovators from the realms of education, arts, science, policy making, industry and journalism into intimate dialogue to design strategies and partnerships to advocate the creative pedagogies of the 21st century. The founders of the WAAE are the International Drama/Theatre and Education Association (IDEA), International Society for Music Education (ISME) and International Society for Education through Art (InSEA). more >
Study Reveals Strong Relationship Between Music Education and Academic Achievement
Students in high-quality school music education programs score higher on standardized tests compared to students in schools with deficient music education programs, according to a study published in last week's issue of the Journal for Research in Music Education. more >
Arts and culture is not just an addition to education portfolio, insists Minister
New Culture Minister Carwyn Jones has vowed to place arts at the top of his agenda, saying they are not merely an addition to his portfolio. more >
Teachers Urged to Promote Art Education
The Deputy Minister of Education this week encouraged greater understanding and appreciation for arts and handicrafts, as well as the importance of culture in the country's education system. more >
Educators charge arts lag under No Child Left Behind
Critics say that No Child Left Behind, the massive education reform act that President Bush signed into law in 2002, has "left behind" arts education. more >
Arts and Education Committee Sets Out Priorities
Arts Council Ireland’s new Arts and Education Committee has established its key priorities. more >
Arts Education to Be Pushed in Schools
Namibian arts have enormous educational value and potential, presenting a multitude of learning and teaching opportunities to learners in the country. more >
Integrating Culture Into Nigerian Education
By and large, modern education practices that are more abstract and often not relevant to the child's immediate surrounding eroded important traditional education tools and methodology like the 'apprenticeship' and 'participatory observation.' more >
Towards Promoting Cultural Education in Nigeria
The National Institute for Cultural Orientation, NICO, will hold a two day sensitization workshop between September 11 and 12 at its Lagos office, National Theatre Annex, Lagos. more >
UNESCO to assist Lebanese early recovery in culture and education
UNESCO will assist the Lebanese government by providing support for vocational education, children and youth traumatized by recent events, and helping to preserve the country's rich cultural heritage. more >
Federal grant to fund arts education research
The U.S. Department of Education is to study the effects of arts education. more >
ACE releases arts education report
Arts Council England have released a report looking into the impact of Artsmark on schools in the country. more >
Angola promotes arts education
The Angolan Culture Ministry recently ran a seminar on the importance of artistic education in the country. more >
Mongolia introduces arts education TV
The Arts Council of Mongolia is launching an arts education TV program, entitled My history, my culture. The program is aimed at children, and is being implemented after a successful pilot series in 2005. more >
Danish Arts Council's new publication
The Danish Arts Council has commissioned a review into its arts education in folkeskole, the Danish municipal primary and lower secondary school. more >
New publication for arts and teachers launched
Ireland's Minister for Arts recently launched a new publication designed to assist teachers and artists in providing good arts education. more >
UNESCO looks at bettering arts education
Teachers, artists and politicians from around the world are gathering in Lisbon to discuss how teaching the arts can keep young people in school. more >
New portal on education, culture and active citizenship
Interarts has recently launched FORTE, an Internet portal describing practices in the field of education, culture and active citizenship of young people. more >
Arts and Education Programs for Youth to be Honoured
Young people from around the USA and Mexico that take part in extra-curricular arts activities will be honoured at a ceremony in January. Laura Bush will be presenting the honours at the 2005 Coming Up Taller Awards. more >
NEA launches online music education
The National Endowment for the Arts and Jazz at Lincoln Center have launched a new national music education initiative. More than 2000 high-school teachers will have access to web-based curriculum. more >
Bogota meeting on arts and education
On 28th to 30th November in Bogota, Colombia, the Latin American Regional Conference on Artistic Education, "Toward Quality Artistic Education: Challenges and Opportunities", brought together for the first time government experts on cultural and educational policies from around the region. more >
Culture/Education - Are They in Synergy?
African governments need to apply their political will to find synergy between culture and education, since education is a vehicle of culture. This is the view of Bience Gawanas, the African Union Commissioner for Social Affairs, who addressed ministers of culture last week in Windhoek. more >
NEA plan to create teacher models
The National Endowment for the Arts has announced the first 12 recipients of its inaugural Teacher Institute Awards, part of a broader plan to forge workable models for arts education in the United States. more >
Arts in education launched
Antigua has officially launched its Performing Arts in Education Programme, funded by the UN Office on Drugs & Crime (UNODC). more >
Australia Council to host arts in education symposium
Ahead of the UNESCO World Conference on Arts Education in Lisbon, Portugal in early 2006, Australia Council is to host a national symposium, Backing Our Creativity, exploring the role of the arts and creativity in educating children and young people. more >
New Legislation Makes Arkansas the Nation's Leader in Arts Education
Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee signed a piece of landmark arts education legislation designed to provide music and art instruction for all Arkansas school children. more >
Singapore Arts Education Award extends its reach
From 2005, Singapore’s annual National Arts Education Award for schools will be extended to include primary schools. more >
Arts Council England announces £120,000 initiative to boost school reading
Arts Council England has announced the launch of a £120,000 national training initiative to raise awareness of children’s literature in primary and secondary schools. more >
New study reveals arts education benefits
A new study released jointly by Australian Education and Arts ministries, demonstrates that school-based arts programmes play an important role in encouraging students to embrace learning, with particular benefits for Indigenous students. more >
Music scholarships will improve arts education
Scholarships for England’s brightest musical talents are to be created as part of the Government’s drive to improve its arts education record. more >
PUSD backs plan for arts education
The Pasadena Unified School District's Board of Education has put its weight behind a plan designed to bring arts education into every classroom in the district. more >
Scotland Lays Down Arts in Education Goals For Future Generations
The Scottish Arts Council is gearing up to launch their new arts and education map - Arts Education: A Lifelong Learning Strategy - designed to champion the arts, culture and creativity in learning. more >
New Education and the Arts Strategy for Australia
Central to its commitment to expanding the role of the arts in education, the Australia Council has released its draft National Education and the Arts strategy, the first of its kind for the country. more >
Ireland supports arts in education
As a contribution to the promotion of best practice standards in arts in education, the Arts Council of Ireland has published a new directory entitled 'Supporting Arts in Education.' more >
Celebrating schools' commitment to the arts
A hundred schools from across England’s North West united in Manchester earlier this month to recognise and celebrate their commitment to the arts. more >
Study finds art can teach mathematics
A three-year Canadian study has revealed students involved in a 'Learning Through The Arts' (LTTA) program scored higher in mathematics than schoolchildren engaged in traditional education. more >
The benefits of blending art into the palette of the curriculum
A five-year experiment in arts education shows how the arts can be successfully integrated with other academic disciplines, say organisers of the Transforming Education Through the Arts Challenge. more >
Online resource strengthens arts education programs in public housing
Creative Communities, is an arts education, youth development and community building strategy that expands access to high quality, progressive instruction in the arts for children and youth living in public housing communities. more >
Importance of arts education in US schools
Americans for the Arts is celebrating National Arts and Humanities Week in October; this year's theme is based on arts education and the need for every child in America to have a comprehensive, high quality education in the arts. more >
NAC supporting arts in schools
Singapore's National Arts Council has recently announced the creation of a new award, which recognises schools showing excellence in the arts and providing opportunities for all students to become involved. more >
SAC promoting arts and culture in schools
A pilot initiative of the Scottish Arts Council (SAC) called the Schools Co-ordinators Scheme, will see 200 schools across Scotland gain valuable assistance in expanding student experiences in arts and culture, with the backing of GB£1.75 million from the Scottish Executive. more >
Arts and education to be debated by Scottish Parliament
The importance of arts education in the curriculum will be the subject of a question-and-answer debate to be launched by Scottish Arts Council Chair James Boyle during the Scottish Parliament's visit to Aberdeen. more >
Arts education money slashed in California budget
One year after California's Governor Gray Davis lifted the hearts of arts teachers across the state by showering the California Arts Council with money, he has proposed slashing its budget by more than half. more >
Arts Education Partnership to release research compendium
The US Arts Education Partnership, a national coalition of arts, education, business, philanthropic and government organisations, is about to release a new research compendium. more >
Guide to arts education opportunities released
The US government's new bipartisan education act, 'No Child Left Behind', includes the arts in the definition of 'core academic subjects'. This could lead to a huge improvement in national education policy. more >
Forum convenes to debate the future of arts education
A group of respected academics, artists and educationalists led the Scottish Arts Council's Education Forum, which met for the first time on 13 May. more >
New arts education award for schools
From next year, a new award will recognise Singaporean schools providing opportunities for all students to be involved and show excellence in the arts. Presented by the National Arts Council (NAC), the Best Practices in Arts Education Award or 'AE' Award will be given out annually. more >
Arts education vital for future workforce
Arts education is a cost-effective way to help build the workforce of tomorrow, according to an issue brief, 'The Impact of Arts Education on Workforce Preparation', produced by the US National Governors Association (NGA), Center for Best Practices in collaboration with the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Association of States Arts Agencies. more >
Events
Arts Education: Taking Stock of the Future
This one-day symposium will engage participants in an interactive discussion of major advances in arts education that have occurred since the Arts Education Partnership was founded and in recommending areas of focus and actions needed to advance the field in the future. more >
Education and the Arts
A Mini-summit linked to a joint project between UNESCO, IFACCA and the Australia Council for the Arts to produce The Wow Factor: Global research compendium on the impact of arts in education,
The international who's who in cultural policy, planning and research >