In 2021 the Crafts Council launched its national education programme, Craft School, alongside the pedagogical framework Make First. Both Craft School and Make First were a culmination of decades of learning, experience, and research from staff at the Crafts Council and are underpinned by anti-racist and anti-ableist learning methodologies. Through…

This article considers the notion of belonging as an always incomplete and evolving journey integral to which is the gift of otherness; a journey that consists of a continuous mutation of self, others and world. This contrasts with the more fixed notion of 'belonging-to' that suggests prescribed identities affiliated to an established order, which…

This article explores a phenomenology of joyful experimentation in art education through a series of pedagogical flashpoints. Flashpoints are educational moments when implicit knowledge carried in the body suddenly appears and makes itself part of conscious experience, often in shocking, disturbing, traumatic ways. In this article, we offer…

This study investigates the literacy practices of preserving and transmitting Liuqin Opera in Suining County, Jiangsu Province, China. Liuqin Opera, a traditional Chinese drama originating in the mid-Qing Dynasty, faces challenges in modern society due to shifting cultural interests and digital entertainment advancements. This research highlights…

This article explores the pedagogical orientations of four K-5 teachers who participated in four years of monthly STEAM professional development involving STEM-based artmaking and emergent curriculum design with professional artists. This narrative inquiry captures how the teachers made meaning of their experiences. Interviews were analyzed and…

This integrative review examines arts-informed pedagogy within early childhood education in relation to diversity and inclusion. Research suggests the arts serve as socially just pedagogy, appreciating diversity of student voice and experience whilst facilitating academic ownership and freedom to create inventive ways of knowing and learning. Arts…

Domain-specificity is a topic of debate within the field of creativity. To shed light on this issue, we conducted a meta-analysis of cross-domain correlations based on the Kaufman Domains of Creativity Scale (K-DOCS). To evaluate the model fit of one general factor versus two factors that encompass the primary K-DOCS subscales (Scholarly,…

A general broadening of content and methods, a renewed emphasis on student interests, and diverse critical perspectives can currently be seen internationally in art curricula. This book explores ways that visual culture in education is helping to move art curricula off their historical foundations and open the field to new ways of teaching,…

Open-source hardware and software platforms have played an important role in democratizing access to technology and education in computer science and engineering. Recent advancements in tools, such as KiCad, MicroPython, and Thonny, integrated development environment potentially accelerate low-budget educational applications, providing a smooth…

The "academic drift" of professional education is an international phenomenon typically associated with the 1960s and 1970s and reflects an approach to problem-solving whereby science is regarded as the single-most important element while solving practical problems. Specifically, we focus on how esthetic school subjects from our media…

This study will explore the experiences and perspectives of teacher effectiveness from those directly involved in arts intensive education at an arts magnet school in the Midwest to gain a deeper understanding of their experience. Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky's social construction theory will serve as the theoretical framework for…

The point of education is to support students to be able to live meaningful, autonomous lives, filled with rich experiences. The arts and aesthetic education are vital to such flourishing lives in that they afford bold, beautiful, moving experiences of awe, wonder and the sublime that are connected to the central human functional capability…

Background: While advocates for integrating Computational Thinking (CT) into existing K12 classrooms have acknowledged and aimed to address various barriers to implementation, we contend that a more foundational issue -- tensions between the epistemology of computing and those of existing disciplines -- has largely been overlooked. Studies of…

Ziyanghe Opera, an essential subset of Sichuan Opera, is an intangible cultural resource confronting difficulties in preservation and transmission. This research examines measures for the preservation and transmission of literacy in Zigong City, Sichuan Province, emphasizing school-based teaching, community involvement, and the participation of…

This study focuses on the visual symbolic features of the Goguryeo tomb murals in Ji'an and their application value in modern art education. It aims to explore innovative pathways for cultural symbols in educational transformation. Created between the 4th and 7th centuries, the Ji'an Goguryeo murals showcase the religious beliefs, social…