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Informed by rigorous research, this book argues that the arts help young people to develop the skills needed to become critical appreciative audiences and socially engaged cultural producers. The authors set out a model for cultural citizenship that goes beyond the classroom, including families, the media and popular culture.
List of contents
1. Introducing the Tracking Arts Learning and Engagement research; 2. Arts rich schools; 3. The arts broker teacher; 4. Immersive professional development; 5. Signature arts pedagogies; 6. The art of mediation; 7. Students' perspectives on cultural capital; 8. The school arts effect; 9. Cultural citizenship; 10. Afterword: the arts rich school ecology
About the author
Pat Thomson is Professor of Education at the University of Nottingham, UK and Convenor of the Centre for Research in Arts, Creativity and Literacy (CRACL). She was previously a school principal in disadvantaged schools in Australia.
Christine Hall is Emeritus Professor and former Head of Education at the University of Nottingham, UK.
Their collaborative work on the signature pedagogies of artists working in schools is widely cited and informs the work of Creativity Culture and Education in Europe, Australia, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Summary
Informed by rigorous research, this book argues that the arts help young people to develop the skills needed to become critical appreciative audiences and socially engaged cultural producers. The authors set out a model for cultural citizenship that goes beyond the classroom, including families, the media and popular culture.
