	CCC's Work Arts and Education: A Taxonomy of Possibilities: A discussion on the field of arts and education, and an analysis of the benefits of teaching art in schools. Speech At the Intersection of the Arts, Education and Contemporary Society: This paper traces some of the Centre for Creative Communities initiatives, and asks how we can best encourage people to acquire a hunger for, and have the opportunity for, learning throughout their lives. Article But Can It Help?: This speech addresses the growing interest on the part of artists and others about ways in which artists can work in collaboration with non-artists towards shared goals, and it looks at effects on the practice of artists working in projects that have educational goals. Speech Common Threads Programme: Commissioned by the Consortium of Institutions for Development and Research in Education in Europe (CIDREE), this multi-faceted project was designed to understand the growing interdependence of various sectors of society as we endeavour to find ways to combat social apathy, promote participation and creativity and encourage a sense of well being in society. Report Common Threads: Participation for a Better World: (PDF: 1178 KB)This report represents the direct outcome of Common Threads: Participation for a Better World, a three day event comprising of an exhibition and conference held in September 1999, as part of Glasgow 1999: UK City of Architecture and Design. The goal is to study and develop the theory that achievement in education can be improved when schools play a more active and direct role in community development. Report Creative Tensions: (PDF: 59 KB)This report looks at some of the reasons, both spoken and unspoken, why arts institutions have made education a key part of their overall programmes. It examines, in some detail, the attitudes of various sections of the institutions toward their education programmes. Research/Report Finding The Common Threads: (Part of the Scottish Consultative Council on the Curriculum series Perspectives on Values in Education, 1997). This paper looks at the benefits of a creative education and discusses both the presence of the arts in schools as part of the content and structure of teaching, and the growing interest in education by artists and arts organisations. Article Rethinking Training: Cristina Losito discusses how building learning communities is a central goal of the 21st century, and argues that creativity and innovation should be regarded as primary tools in the effort to achieve this task. Article Tales of the City - The experience of REAL learning: CCC and the International Futures Forum, were commissioned by Scottish Enterprise Glasgow to conduct a qualitative analysis of the REAL Partnership, a Glasgow-based learning programme. Designed to increase access to learning opportunities appropriate for the 21st century, REAL sees itself operating in a world of rapid change and complexity requiring new capacities and skills. Over 125,000 people from Glasgow have taken part and there is wide acclaim for its effective styles of learning.Report Training and Development in Arts and Education: The author analyses the problem of the training and development of those working in the field of arts and education. Article \| Back to top \|
	Cultural Institutions and Education Acts of Achievement: the Role of Performing Arts Centers in Education: In 2000 the Dana Foundation extended its support of education to improve teaching of the performing arts in public schools. This publication looks at the resulting education programmes that were offered by performing arts centres throughout the U.S., and showcases performing arts institutions, large and small, that partnered with their local schools. Book Summary Close Collaborations: This report provides specific ways of approaching art within the framework of the national curriculum in the UK, which place the use of resources such as artists, exhibitions, galleries and museums as an integral component of any school art curriculum. Report Summary Crossing The Line: Extending Young People’s Access to Cultural Venues: This book published by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation analyses ways to widen young people’s cultural inclusion and extending young people’s access to cultural venues. Book Summary Culture and Creativity: The Next Ten Years: The aim of this UK Green Paper is to set out a framework for creativity for the next ten years, particularly in the areas of media and culture. The paper, which places creativity at the centre of the country’s identity, economy and future, recognizes the vital role that culture and creativity play in children’s development, in providing opportunities for employment and in overcoming social exclusion. Book Summary Exhibiting Cultures: The Poetics and Politics of Museum Display: Throwing open to debate the practices of museums, galleries, and festivals, Exhibiting Cultures probes the politically charged relationships among aesthetics, contexts and implicit assumptions that govern how cultural differences and art objects are displayed. Book Summary Making Their Marks/Visual Paths to Literacy: Visual Path is a major three year art and literacy initiative involving around a thousand children from deprived areas of the inner city of London. Read a short summary of Colin Grigg’s books, or follow his speech describing the initiative and the conceptual framework in which the project evolved. Book Summary and Speech Museums and Communities: The Politics of Public Culture: The essays in this book illustrate struggles and collaborations among museums and communities, examining the often controversial interactions between museums, festivals, tourism, and historic preservation and the communities they profess to represent and serve. Book Summary Safe Havens; Portraits of Educational Effectiveness in Community Arts Centres that focus on Education in Economically Disadvantaged Communities: In its two-year study, Project CoArts examined numerous examples of community centres of learning. They describe a vision of a field of arts education that is filled with potential as it is threatened with failure. Book Summary The Great Museum: The Re-presentation of History: The Great Museum is a look at European history as reflected in its monuments. The book takes up the great historic subjects - the church, the nation, the rise of capitalism, the labour movement, fascism - and shows how through its museums and monuments each state presents its own view of the past. Book Summary Visual Paths: Teaching Literacies in the Gallery: Visual Paths is a major three year art and literacy initiative involving around a thousand children from deprived areas of the inner city of London. Read a short summary of Colin Grigg’s books, or follow his speech describing the initiative and the conceptual framework in which the project evolved. Book Summary and Speech \| Back to top \|
	Learning in the Arts A Must Or A-Muse: Arts and Culture in Education: Policy and Practice in Europe - Conference Reader and Conference Results: This is the report of the conference 'A Must or A-Muse,' which took place in The Netherlands in September 2001. The report is concerned with the four themes of the conference: education policy and in-school cultural education in Europe; cultural policy and in-school cultural education in Europe; the practice of in-school cultural education in Europe, and research into the evaluation of cultural education policy and practice. Report ART(S) AT SCHOOLS: 5 years of cultural projects in Flemish schools: This is a collection of interviews, essays, case studies and photographs about people who are managing to integrate arts and culture into education. Book Summary Arts and Education: A Taxonomy of Possibilities: A discussion on the field of arts and education, and an analysis of the benefits of teaching art in schools. Speech Behind Wise Eyes: This report outlines the West Dorset Arts in Education Project, UK, a major multi-disciplinary programme that ran from February to June 1989. Initiated by South West Arts, the programme was established as a model that could be promoted regionally and nationally. Report Summary Beyond Enrichment: Essays by and interviews with over 40 leaders in arts education explore the importance of linking schools with a community’s arts and cultural resource. Book Summary CANON- Cultural Unit of the Education Department, Flanders, Belgium: An overview of CANON, an organisation which aims to give art and culture a full and active role in all levels of education, from nursery schools to higher education. Case Study - EU Evaluating Creativity: Making and Learning by Young People: This book raises questions about how creative work can be evaluated and about the function of evaluation in general. It further addresses the role creative work plays in schools. Book Summary MELINA Project-Education and Culture: An overview of the MELINA project, whose aim was to evaluate the cultural dimension in education and to instil everyday school life with the indissoluble power of art and culture. Article She Danced and We Danced; Artists, Creativity and Education: This publication is about the role of artists and other creative professionals in education. It is based on the principle that education is no more confined exclusively to schools, but has to be seen in context with other forms of community’s education system. Book Summary The Arts in Schools: Principles, Practices and Provisions: Ken Robinson is concerned in this book with the essential place of art in education and the importance of arts as a crucial element in a balanced curriculum. Book Summary \| Back to top \|
	Learning through the Arts Arts Education in Secondary Schools: This report presents the results of a three-year study of the effects and effectiveness of arts education in secondary schools in England and Wales. It set out to investigate the range of outcomes attributable to arts education, in particular the argument that engagement in the arts can boost general academic performance. Report Summary Building Better Relationships with Schools: This publication, based on research carried out by Eastern Touring Agency, examines how arts professionals may increase communication with schools and work with them more effectively and creatively. Report Summary But Can It Help?: The speech addresses the growing interest on the part of artists and others about ways in which artists can work in collaboration with non-artists towards shared goals, and it looks at effects on the practice of artists working in projects that have educational goals. Speech Champions of Change; The Impact of the Arts on Learning: This book argues that learners can attain higher levels of achievement through their engagement with the arts. One of the critical research findings is that learning in and learning through the arts can help ‘level the playing field’ for youngsters from disadvantaged backgrounds. Book Summary Changing Schools through the Arts: How to Build on the Power of an Idea: This book examines how to establish strategies for getting the arts in schools. These strategies combine a growing understanding of how best to effect educational improvement in schools and an awareness of arts experiences in childhood and youth education. Book Summary Close Collaborations: This report provides specific ways of approaching art within the framework of the national curriculum in the UK, which place the use of resources such as artists, exhibitions, galleries and museums as an integral component of any school art curriculum. Report Summary Educating Through Art: The Steiner School Approach: This book investigates why Waldorf Schools attach such importance to art in education and why Rudolf Steiner himself brought artistic training into all fields of further education. Book Summary Including the Arts -the Route to Basic and Key Skills In Prisons: By drawing on examples of arts in prisons, this book shows how participation in the arts can enhance achievement, instil a passion for learning and increase self-confidence. Book Summary Learning: The Treasure Within: This report deals with the fundamental role that education has to play in personal and social development. Report Summary Participating In Music: Joining In: This speech addresses the challenges around the concepts of participation and the community, and analyses the role, nature and uses of music in our society. Speech Renaissance in the Classroom: Arts Integration and Meaningful Learning: This is a practical guide to planning, implementing and assessing processes in arts integration, which draws on ideas and practices developed by CAPE (Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education). Book Summary \| Back to top \|
	Training and Structures A Resource for Theatre and Participatory Development (ARTPAD): A venture of the Centre for Applied Theatre Research (CATR) at the Department of Drama, University of Manchester, UK, this Theatre and Development project based in Brazil was established to promote research, teaching, practice and publications in the field of Applied Theatre. Case Study - UK Artists in Education: Intercultural research report: This report was commissioned by Arts Education Service, England, to inform the development of a new intercultural training project for artists and teachers working in Essex. Report Summary Bigger Pictures, Broader Horizons: This report from the UK presents the findings of a qualitative study aimed at finding out adults’ perceptions of informal learning and exploring the potential role of non-traditional providers and venues in offering learning opportunities in the arts and cultural sectors. Report Summary Branching Out: This report outlines Branching Out, a project of England's Royal National Theatre. This job-shadowing training and exchange scheme provided practical and relevant support for teachers, trainers, and artists developing work in Drama in Education in the UK and in Central and Eastern Europe. Report Summary Building on Children’s Strengths: The Experience of Project Spectrum: This curriculum resource was developed by researchers who contributed to Project Spectrum, a 10-year research project dedicated to developing an alternative approach to curriculum and assessment. Its aim is to enable teachers in the early primary years to apply multiple intelligences theory in their own classrooms. Book Summary Changing Schools: Education in a knowledge society: This report is the result of a workshop hosted by the Scottish Council Foundation in 2000, which brought participants from different sectors together to debate the state of the education system within and beyond Scotland. Report Summary Citizenship and Initial Teacher Education: (PDF: 173 KB)This final report is drawn up to indicate the main issues facing institutions concerned with citizenship in Initial Teacher Education in the UK, and to offer advice to Teacher Education institutions on the approaches to citizenship in Initial Teacher Education. Article Close Collaborations: This report provides specific ways of approaching art within the framework of the national curriculum in the UK, which place the use of resources such as artists, exhibitions, galleries and museums as an integral component of any school art curriculum. Report Summary Connecting Conversations: The Changing Voice of the Artist: (PDF: 138 KB)This essay by Peter Renshaw argues that in a cultural world of growing diversity, the ability to reach out, to respect and accept different points of view is critical to any personal or institutional conversation. All staff, students and young people in education need to be valued and feel that their voices are heard within an ethos of shared responsibility and mutual interdependence. Article Creating a Land with Music: Funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England and managed by Youth Music, this report considers the work, education and training of professional musicians in the 21st century. Report Summary Learning Through Landscapes (LTL): Believing that outdoor learning and play is vital to every child's development, this school grounds charity campaigns for better creative and educational outdoor opportunities for all children and young people in education and childcare. Case Study - UK Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative: In this book, Ken Robinson argues that in a world of pervasive economic and technological changes, people are increasingly required to be innovative, creative and flexible. Robinson explores the need for creative abilities, and analyses the conditions under which creativity can thrive or be stifled. Book Summary Professional Values and Student Learning: (PDF: 121 KB)Here McGettrick argues that Initial Teacher Education is not an aspect of education which is independent of other aspects and dimensions of education. It exists to form teachers who are capable of teaching what the public has a right to expect of the profession, and who are able to offer a constructive critique of the education system of which they are part. Article Rethinking Training: The author discusses how building learning communities is a central goal of the 21st century, and argues that creativity and innovation should be regarded as primary tools in the effort to achieve this task. Article Schools that Learn: Schools that Learn, drawing on the philosophy of the learning organisation laid out in The Fifth Discipline, focuses specifically on schools and education, offering practical tools, anecdotes and advice that can help strengthen and rebuild school communities. Book Summary The Courage to Teach: The Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life: This exploration of teaching life takes teachers on an inner journey toward reconnecting with their vocation and their students by asking – how can the teacher’s selfhood become a legitimate topic in education and in our public dialogues for educational reform? Book Summary The Dance of Change: The Dance of Change suggests innovative ways by which companies and organisation can move beyond the first step of change to accelerate success and avoid the obstacles that stall momentum. Written for managers and executives at every level, the book reveals how business leaders can work together to anticipate challenges that profound change will ultimately force the organisation to face. Book Summary The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Drawing on the philosophy of the Fifth Discipline, which introduced the theory of learning organisation to the practice of management, The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook offers pragmatic notes, reflection and exercises that can be used effectively to create and sustain successful organisations. Book Summary The STAR Project: (PDF: 84 KB)An overview of this project, supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, concerning arts provision in teacher training and professional development. Case Study - UK To Open Minds: In this unique attempt to address the dilemma in contemporary education, Gardner weaves the lessons garnered from three vantage points - his own traditional education as an American child, his years of research on creativity at Harvard, and his extensive visits to modern Chinese classroom - into a programme for creativity that draws on both the traditional and progressive modes. Book Summary Training and Development in Arts and Education: The author analyses the problem of the training and development of those working in the field of arts and education. Article What Learning Needs: The Challenge for a Creative Nation: Demos report which looks at practical ways to develop the creative potential of students, teachers and the whole education system. Book Summary \| Back to top \|
	Values and LifeWide Learning All Our Futures: Creativity, Culture and Education: This influential report is a response to the 1997 Government White Paper Excellence in Schools, which recognizes the need to foster motivation and esteem in schools. Report At the Intersection of the Arts, Education and Contemporary Society: This paper traces some of the Centre for Creative Communities initiatives, and asks how we can best encourage people to acquire a hunger for, and have the opportunity for, learning throughout their lives. Article Collect & Share: The Collect & Share programme is a consortium of European museum, gallery, and adult learning networks, agencies and institutions, which have come together to promote good practice in learning and education for adults (age 16 or over) in or with museums and galleries. Case Study - EU Communities: Changing through learning: This report came out of a working group established by the Scottish Office to provide advice on a long-term vision of community education for the region. It considers a national strategy for community based adult education, youth work and educational support for community development. Report Summary Educating for the Future: This speech is concerned with the position of the arts in the school curriculum and the challenges of a new generation of learners. It addresses the question of where the arts are going in society today. Speech Emotional Intelligence: Emotional Intelligence argues that our view of human intelligence is far too narrow, and that our emotions play a much greater role in thought, decision making and individual success than is commonly acknowledged. Drawing on brain and behavioural research, the author reveals certain factors that add up to a different way of succeeding in life - termed as ‘emotional intelligence’. Book Summary Finding the Common Threads: (Part of the Scottish Consultative Council on the Curriculum series Perspectives on Values in Education, 1997). This paper looks at the benefits of a creative education and discusses both the presence of the arts in schools as part of the content and structure of teaching, and the growing interest in education by artists and arts organisations. Article Learning Beyond the Classroom; Education for a Changing World: Tom Bentley argues that if education is to meet the emerging challenges of the twenty-first century, we must recognise that learning takes place far beyond the formal educational sector. Book Summary Learning to Succeed, A Radical Look at Education Today and a Strategy for the Future: Results of an independent inquiry into long-term development of education and training throughout the UK. Book Summary Lifelong Learning for Active Citizenship: Speech by Christos Doukas, Hellenic Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, Greece. Common Threads: An Agenda for Active Citizenship conference - Organised by CCC in February 2003. Speech Project Zero: Project Zero, a research group at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, investigates the development of creative learning processes in children, adults, and organisations. Case Study – USA Values and Educating the Whole Person: This paper was the second in a series of occasional papers on values and education published by the Scottish Consultative Council on the Curriculum. In it, Professor McGettrick argues for the place of teaching values as part of the education of the whole person. Article \| Back to top \|

	CCC's Work Arts and Education: A Taxonomy of Possibilities: A discussion on the field of arts and education, and an analysis of the benefits of teaching art in schools. Speech At the Intersection of the Arts, Education and Contemporary Society: This paper traces some of the Centre for Creative Communities initiatives, and asks how we can best encourage people to acquire a hunger for, and have the opportunity for, learning throughout their lives. Article But Can It Help?: This speech addresses the growing interest on the part of artists and others about ways in which artists can work in collaboration with non-artists towards shared goals, and it looks at effects on the practice of artists working in projects that have educational goals. Speech Common Threads Programme: Commissioned by the Consortium of Institutions for Development and Research in Education in Europe (CIDREE), this multi-faceted project was designed to understand the growing interdependence of various sectors of society as we endeavour to find ways to combat social apathy, promote participation and creativity and encourage a sense of well being in society. Report Common Threads: Participation for a Better World: (PDF: 1178 KB)This report represents the direct outcome of Common Threads: Participation for a Better World, a three day event comprising of an exhibition and conference held in September 1999, as part of Glasgow 1999: UK City of Architecture and Design. The goal is to study and develop the theory that achievement in education can be improved when schools play a more active and direct role in community development. Report Creative Tensions: (PDF: 59 KB)This report looks at some of the reasons, both spoken and unspoken, why arts institutions have made education a key part of their overall programmes. It examines, in some detail, the attitudes of various sections of the institutions toward their education programmes. Research/Report Finding The Common Threads: (Part of the Scottish Consultative Council on the Curriculum series Perspectives on Values in Education, 1997). This paper looks at the benefits of a creative education and discusses both the presence of the arts in schools as part of the content and structure of teaching, and the growing interest in education by artists and arts organisations. Article Rethinking Training: Cristina Losito discusses how building learning communities is a central goal of the 21st century, and argues that creativity and innovation should be regarded as primary tools in the effort to achieve this task. Article Tales of the City - The experience of REAL learning: CCC and the International Futures Forum, were commissioned by Scottish Enterprise Glasgow to conduct a qualitative analysis of the REAL Partnership, a Glasgow-based learning programme. Designed to increase access to learning opportunities appropriate for the 21st century, REAL sees itself operating in a world of rapid change and complexity requiring new capacities and skills. Over 125,000 people from Glasgow have taken part and there is wide acclaim for its effective styles of learning.Report Training and Development in Arts and Education: The author analyses the problem of the training and development of those working in the field of arts and education. Article \| Back to top \|
	Cultural Institutions and Education Acts of Achievement: the Role of Performing Arts Centers in Education: In 2000 the Dana Foundation extended its support of education to improve teaching of the performing arts in public schools. This publication looks at the resulting education programmes that were offered by performing arts centres throughout the U.S., and showcases performing arts institutions, large and small, that partnered with their local schools. Book Summary Close Collaborations: This report provides specific ways of approaching art within the framework of the national curriculum in the UK, which place the use of resources such as artists, exhibitions, galleries and museums as an integral component of any school art curriculum. Report Summary Crossing The Line: Extending Young People’s Access to Cultural Venues: This book published by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation analyses ways to widen young people’s cultural inclusion and extending young people’s access to cultural venues. Book Summary Culture and Creativity: The Next Ten Years: The aim of this UK Green Paper is to set out a framework for creativity for the next ten years, particularly in the areas of media and culture. The paper, which places creativity at the centre of the country’s identity, economy and future, recognizes the vital role that culture and creativity play in children’s development, in providing opportunities for employment and in overcoming social exclusion. Book Summary Exhibiting Cultures: The Poetics and Politics of Museum Display: Throwing open to debate the practices of museums, galleries, and festivals, Exhibiting Cultures probes the politically charged relationships among aesthetics, contexts and implicit assumptions that govern how cultural differences and art objects are displayed. Book Summary Making Their Marks/Visual Paths to Literacy: Visual Path is a major three year art and literacy initiative involving around a thousand children from deprived areas of the inner city of London. Read a short summary of Colin Grigg’s books, or follow his speech describing the initiative and the conceptual framework in which the project evolved. Book Summary and Speech Museums and Communities: The Politics of Public Culture: The essays in this book illustrate struggles and collaborations among museums and communities, examining the often controversial interactions between museums, festivals, tourism, and historic preservation and the communities they profess to represent and serve. Book Summary Safe Havens; Portraits of Educational Effectiveness in Community Arts Centres that focus on Education in Economically Disadvantaged Communities: In its two-year study, Project CoArts examined numerous examples of community centres of learning. They describe a vision of a field of arts education that is filled with potential as it is threatened with failure. Book Summary The Great Museum: The Re-presentation of History: The Great Museum is a look at European history as reflected in its monuments. The book takes up the great historic subjects - the church, the nation, the rise of capitalism, the labour movement, fascism - and shows how through its museums and monuments each state presents its own view of the past. Book Summary Visual Paths: Teaching Literacies in the Gallery: Visual Paths is a major three year art and literacy initiative involving around a thousand children from deprived areas of the inner city of London. Read a short summary of Colin Grigg’s books, or follow his speech describing the initiative and the conceptual framework in which the project evolved. Book Summary and Speech \| Back to top \|
	Learning in the Arts A Must Or A-Muse: Arts and Culture in Education: Policy and Practice in Europe - Conference Reader and Conference Results: This is the report of the conference 'A Must or A-Muse,' which took place in The Netherlands in September 2001. The report is concerned with the four themes of the conference: education policy and in-school cultural education in Europe; cultural policy and in-school cultural education in Europe; the practice of in-school cultural education in Europe, and research into the evaluation of cultural education policy and practice. Report ART(S) AT SCHOOLS: 5 years of cultural projects in Flemish schools: This is a collection of interviews, essays, case studies and photographs about people who are managing to integrate arts and culture into education. Book Summary Arts and Education: A Taxonomy of Possibilities: A discussion on the field of arts and education, and an analysis of the benefits of teaching art in schools. Speech Behind Wise Eyes: This report outlines the West Dorset Arts in Education Project, UK, a major multi-disciplinary programme that ran from February to June 1989. Initiated by South West Arts, the programme was established as a model that could be promoted regionally and nationally. Report Summary Beyond Enrichment: Essays by and interviews with over 40 leaders in arts education explore the importance of linking schools with a community’s arts and cultural resource. Book Summary CANON- Cultural Unit of the Education Department, Flanders, Belgium: An overview of CANON, an organisation which aims to give art and culture a full and active role in all levels of education, from nursery schools to higher education. Case Study - EU Evaluating Creativity: Making and Learning by Young People: This book raises questions about how creative work can be evaluated and about the function of evaluation in general. It further addresses the role creative work plays in schools. Book Summary MELINA Project-Education and Culture: An overview of the MELINA project, whose aim was to evaluate the cultural dimension in education and to instil everyday school life with the indissoluble power of art and culture. Article She Danced and We Danced; Artists, Creativity and Education: This publication is about the role of artists and other creative professionals in education. It is based on the principle that education is no more confined exclusively to schools, but has to be seen in context with other forms of community’s education system. Book Summary The Arts in Schools: Principles, Practices and Provisions: Ken Robinson is concerned in this book with the essential place of art in education and the importance of arts as a crucial element in a balanced curriculum. Book Summary \| Back to top \|
	Learning through the Arts Arts Education in Secondary Schools: This report presents the results of a three-year study of the effects and effectiveness of arts education in secondary schools in England and Wales. It set out to investigate the range of outcomes attributable to arts education, in particular the argument that engagement in the arts can boost general academic performance. Report Summary Building Better Relationships with Schools: This publication, based on research carried out by Eastern Touring Agency, examines how arts professionals may increase communication with schools and work with them more effectively and creatively. Report Summary But Can It Help?: The speech addresses the growing interest on the part of artists and others about ways in which artists can work in collaboration with non-artists towards shared goals, and it looks at effects on the practice of artists working in projects that have educational goals. Speech Champions of Change; The Impact of the Arts on Learning: This book argues that learners can attain higher levels of achievement through their engagement with the arts. One of the critical research findings is that learning in and learning through the arts can help ‘level the playing field’ for youngsters from disadvantaged backgrounds. Book Summary Changing Schools through the Arts: How to Build on the Power of an Idea: This book examines how to establish strategies for getting the arts in schools. These strategies combine a growing understanding of how best to effect educational improvement in schools and an awareness of arts experiences in childhood and youth education. Book Summary Close Collaborations: This report provides specific ways of approaching art within the framework of the national curriculum in the UK, which place the use of resources such as artists, exhibitions, galleries and museums as an integral component of any school art curriculum. Report Summary Educating Through Art: The Steiner School Approach: This book investigates why Waldorf Schools attach such importance to art in education and why Rudolf Steiner himself brought artistic training into all fields of further education. Book Summary Including the Arts -the Route to Basic and Key Skills In Prisons: By drawing on examples of arts in prisons, this book shows how participation in the arts can enhance achievement, instil a passion for learning and increase self-confidence. Book Summary Learning: The Treasure Within: This report deals with the fundamental role that education has to play in personal and social development. Report Summary Participating In Music: Joining In: This speech addresses the challenges around the concepts of participation and the community, and analyses the role, nature and uses of music in our society. Speech Renaissance in the Classroom: Arts Integration and Meaningful Learning: This is a practical guide to planning, implementing and assessing processes in arts integration, which draws on ideas and practices developed by CAPE (Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education). Book Summary \| Back to top \|
	Training and Structures A Resource for Theatre and Participatory Development (ARTPAD): A venture of the Centre for Applied Theatre Research (CATR) at the Department of Drama, University of Manchester, UK, this Theatre and Development project based in Brazil was established to promote research, teaching, practice and publications in the field of Applied Theatre. Case Study - UK Artists in Education: Intercultural research report: This report was commissioned by Arts Education Service, England, to inform the development of a new intercultural training project for artists and teachers working in Essex. Report Summary Bigger Pictures, Broader Horizons: This report from the UK presents the findings of a qualitative study aimed at finding out adults’ perceptions of informal learning and exploring the potential role of non-traditional providers and venues in offering learning opportunities in the arts and cultural sectors. Report Summary Branching Out: This report outlines Branching Out, a project of England's Royal National Theatre. This job-shadowing training and exchange scheme provided practical and relevant support for teachers, trainers, and artists developing work in Drama in Education in the UK and in Central and Eastern Europe. Report Summary Building on Children’s Strengths: The Experience of Project Spectrum: This curriculum resource was developed by researchers who contributed to Project Spectrum, a 10-year research project dedicated to developing an alternative approach to curriculum and assessment. Its aim is to enable teachers in the early primary years to apply multiple intelligences theory in their own classrooms. Book Summary Changing Schools: Education in a knowledge society: This report is the result of a workshop hosted by the Scottish Council Foundation in 2000, which brought participants from different sectors together to debate the state of the education system within and beyond Scotland. Report Summary Citizenship and Initial Teacher Education: (PDF: 173 KB)This final report is drawn up to indicate the main issues facing institutions concerned with citizenship in Initial Teacher Education in the UK, and to offer advice to Teacher Education institutions on the approaches to citizenship in Initial Teacher Education. Article Close Collaborations: This report provides specific ways of approaching art within the framework of the national curriculum in the UK, which place the use of resources such as artists, exhibitions, galleries and museums as an integral component of any school art curriculum. Report Summary Connecting Conversations: The Changing Voice of the Artist: (PDF: 138 KB)This essay by Peter Renshaw argues that in a cultural world of growing diversity, the ability to reach out, to respect and accept different points of view is critical to any personal or institutional conversation. All staff, students and young people in education need to be valued and feel that their voices are heard within an ethos of shared responsibility and mutual interdependence. Article Creating a Land with Music: Funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England and managed by Youth Music, this report considers the work, education and training of professional musicians in the 21st century. Report Summary Learning Through Landscapes (LTL): Believing that outdoor learning and play is vital to every child's development, this school grounds charity campaigns for better creative and educational outdoor opportunities for all children and young people in education and childcare. Case Study - UK Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative: In this book, Ken Robinson argues that in a world of pervasive economic and technological changes, people are increasingly required to be innovative, creative and flexible. Robinson explores the need for creative abilities, and analyses the conditions under which creativity can thrive or be stifled. Book Summary Professional Values and Student Learning: (PDF: 121 KB)Here McGettrick argues that Initial Teacher Education is not an aspect of education which is independent of other aspects and dimensions of education. It exists to form teachers who are capable of teaching what the public has a right to expect of the profession, and who are able to offer a constructive critique of the education system of which they are part. Article Rethinking Training: The author discusses how building learning communities is a central goal of the 21st century, and argues that creativity and innovation should be regarded as primary tools in the effort to achieve this task. Article Schools that Learn: Schools that Learn, drawing on the philosophy of the learning organisation laid out in The Fifth Discipline, focuses specifically on schools and education, offering practical tools, anecdotes and advice that can help strengthen and rebuild school communities. Book Summary The Courage to Teach: The Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life: This exploration of teaching life takes teachers on an inner journey toward reconnecting with their vocation and their students by asking – how can the teacher’s selfhood become a legitimate topic in education and in our public dialogues for educational reform? Book Summary The Dance of Change: The Dance of Change suggests innovative ways by which companies and organisation can move beyond the first step of change to accelerate success and avoid the obstacles that stall momentum. Written for managers and executives at every level, the book reveals how business leaders can work together to anticipate challenges that profound change will ultimately force the organisation to face. Book Summary The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Drawing on the philosophy of the Fifth Discipline, which introduced the theory of learning organisation to the practice of management, The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook offers pragmatic notes, reflection and exercises that can be used effectively to create and sustain successful organisations. Book Summary The STAR Project: (PDF: 84 KB)An overview of this project, supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, concerning arts provision in teacher training and professional development. Case Study - UK To Open Minds: In this unique attempt to address the dilemma in contemporary education, Gardner weaves the lessons garnered from three vantage points - his own traditional education as an American child, his years of research on creativity at Harvard, and his extensive visits to modern Chinese classroom - into a programme for creativity that draws on both the traditional and progressive modes. Book Summary Training and Development in Arts and Education: The author analyses the problem of the training and development of those working in the field of arts and education. Article What Learning Needs: The Challenge for a Creative Nation: Demos report which looks at practical ways to develop the creative potential of students, teachers and the whole education system. Book Summary \| Back to top \|
	Values and LifeWide Learning All Our Futures: Creativity, Culture and Education: This influential report is a response to the 1997 Government White Paper Excellence in Schools, which recognizes the need to foster motivation and esteem in schools. Report At the Intersection of the Arts, Education and Contemporary Society: This paper traces some of the Centre for Creative Communities initiatives, and asks how we can best encourage people to acquire a hunger for, and have the opportunity for, learning throughout their lives. Article Collect & Share: The Collect & Share programme is a consortium of European museum, gallery, and adult learning networks, agencies and institutions, which have come together to promote good practice in learning and education for adults (age 16 or over) in or with museums and galleries. Case Study - EU Communities: Changing through learning: This report came out of a working group established by the Scottish Office to provide advice on a long-term vision of community education for the region. It considers a national strategy for community based adult education, youth work and educational support for community development. Report Summary Educating for the Future: This speech is concerned with the position of the arts in the school curriculum and the challenges of a new generation of learners. It addresses the question of where the arts are going in society today. Speech Emotional Intelligence: Emotional Intelligence argues that our view of human intelligence is far too narrow, and that our emotions play a much greater role in thought, decision making and individual success than is commonly acknowledged. Drawing on brain and behavioural research, the author reveals certain factors that add up to a different way of succeeding in life - termed as ‘emotional intelligence’. Book Summary Finding the Common Threads: (Part of the Scottish Consultative Council on the Curriculum series Perspectives on Values in Education, 1997). This paper looks at the benefits of a creative education and discusses both the presence of the arts in schools as part of the content and structure of teaching, and the growing interest in education by artists and arts organisations. Article Learning Beyond the Classroom; Education for a Changing World: Tom Bentley argues that if education is to meet the emerging challenges of the twenty-first century, we must recognise that learning takes place far beyond the formal educational sector. Book Summary Learning to Succeed, A Radical Look at Education Today and a Strategy for the Future: Results of an independent inquiry into long-term development of education and training throughout the UK. Book Summary Lifelong Learning for Active Citizenship: Speech by Christos Doukas, Hellenic Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, Greece. Common Threads: An Agenda for Active Citizenship conference - Organised by CCC in February 2003. Speech Project Zero: Project Zero, a research group at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, investigates the development of creative learning processes in children, adults, and organisations. Case Study – USA Values and Educating the Whole Person: This paper was the second in a series of occasional papers on values and education published by the Scottish Consultative Council on the Curriculum. In it, Professor McGettrick argues for the place of teaching values as part of the education of the whole person. Article \| Back to top \|