AER 58 surveys the international and national research on the role and effect of arts-rich
programming in schools and in the broader community, and examines the policies and …

Race and ethnicity have a significant impact on leisure behavior and activity choices. Yet,
until now, no book has thoroughly explored that impact, though this topic is critical for leisure …

QUALITY ARTS EDUCATION CAN produce positive learning outcomes, such as creating
positive attitudes to learning, developing a greater sense of personal and cultural identity …

This is a position paper, which argues the position that critical thinking is a crucial skill,
which needs to be developed in the school curriculum and that the creative arts can do this …

There is extensive research that shows how the arts provide many benefits for all students
yet there is evidence that arts education offerings and experiences are decreasing across …

Arts education is an internationally recognized term referencing education through the arts.
The term arts is seen to encompass different things in different contexts, including but not …

Music and arts programs have increasingly been utilized to promote school engagement.
Despite the fact that school engagement and music programs can be understood in myriad …

This article reports on recent case-study research that examined teacher-and student-level
processes in nine Australian arts classrooms. The selected classrooms, based on the results …

Within the specific context of The Australian Curriculum: The Arts, this paper explores how
teachers of the Arts and teacher educators encounter and enact curriculum change …

This article examines macro, meso, and micro understandings of policy enactment within
Western Australian primary school arts education where a new national arts curriculum is …