Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0216012

Funded Activity Summary

DEVELOPING CREATIVE THINKERS THROUGH THE ARTS - A longitudinal and comparative mapping of student learning in an innovative Arts programme. Recent curriculum reforms which integrate learning areas, increase community participation and emphasise learning rather than teaching were driven by industry's demand for school-leavers who demonstrate creative initiative. Monitoring student progress however relies on domain-specific outcome statements. This project monitors students? progress towards creative competencies as they are fostered by an integrated Arts programme. We will map how K-10 students in 120 AWESOME Festival project classes develop critically and creatively over three years. Complex innovative data-collecting requires the development of interactive evaluative software. Theoretical findings on arts learning and appropriate thinking skills will be presented in an academic book, Re-Thinking Thinking.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 14-02-2002

End Date: 13-02-2005

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $165,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Assessment And Evaluation | Curriculum and Pedagogy | Curriculum Studies: Other Social Sciences, Humanities And Arts | The Arts Not Elsewhere Classified |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Education and training not elsewhere classified | Education policy

Other Keywords

Assessment And Evaluation | Curriculum Studies: Other Social Sciences, Humanities And Arts | Curriculum and Pedagogy | Education and training not elsewhere classified | Education policy | The Arts Not Elsewhere Classified

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