1st Edition

Transforming Education through the Arts

By Brian J. Caldwell, Tanya Vaughan Copyright 2012
180 Pages 26 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

184 Pages 26 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

This timely book takes up the challenge of maintaining programs in the arts in the face of unrelenting pressure from two directions; the increasing focus on literacy and numeracy in schools, teamed with the cut-backs in public funding that often affect the arts most severely. Drawing on the wealth of evidence already available on the impact of the arts, including the findings of a landmark... Read more
1. The Challenge of Transforming Schools2. Pitfalls in Educational Reform 3. Arguments for Engagement in the Arts4. Methodologies for Breakthrough Studies5. Impact on Student Achievement6. Impact on Student Wellbeing7. Studies of Schools Where Arts Interventions have Succeeded8. Turning around Schools through Engagement in the Arts9. A Policy Agenda

Biography

Brian Caldwell is Managing Director and Principal Consultant at Educational Transformations, Australia, and Professorial Fellow and former Dean of Education at the University of Melbourne. Tanya Vaughan is a scientist and Senior Consulting Researcher at Educational Transformations, Australia, where she is Chief Investigator for the landmark Australian studies on student engagement in the arts.