How Arts Education Makes a Difference

Foreword Introduction - Do our schools need the arts? Part 1: Rationale for the Research 1.Introduction: Perceptions of the role of arts education within the academic context of Australian schools, Robyn Gibson 2.Negotiating arts education research, Michael Anderson 3.Arts and Cultural Policy in Australia, ARobyn Gibson, Josephine Fleming Part 2: Introducing the Research: Examining Mixed Methodologies 4.The project's research methods: Addressing gaps in previous arts research, Marianne Mansour, Andrew J. Martin, Gregory Arief D. Liem 5.Reading the intersection of combined quantitative and qualitative approaches, Josephine Fleming and Marianne Mansour 6.School, home, and community arts participation and students' outcomes: Quantitative findings, Marianne Mansour, Andrew J. Martin, Gregory Arief. D. Liem 7.The qualitative findings: Quality arts pedagogy, Robyn Gibson, Michael Anderson & Josephine Fleming Part 3: Understanding Successful Classroom Approaches 8.Understanding the social aesthetic, Caitlin Munday, Michael Anderson 9.The primary visual arts classroom: The imperative of narrative, Robyn Gisbon 10.The drama classroom: The practices of learning within community, Caitlin Munday, Josephine Fleming 11.Motivation and engagement in music: Theory, research, practice, and future directions, Andrew J. Martin, Rebecca J. Collie and Paul Evans 12.Arts education and school leadership: A case study, Josephine Fleming 13.Technology mediated arts engagement: Theoretical views, empirical bases, and applied implications, Gregory Arief D. Liem, Andrew J. Martin, Robyn Gibson Part 4: International Perspectives 14.The role of teaching frameworks: International perspectives on policy and arts education research, Robyn Gibson and Josephine Fleming with Pam Burnard, Ellen Shattuck Pierce and Steve Seidel, Janice Valdez and George Belliveau, Prue Wales and Chee Hoo Lum 15. (Re-)Positioning creativities in relation to effective arts pedagogy: UK perspectives on teaching for creativity and teaching creatively in the arts, Pamela Burnard 16.Perspectives on drama and performance education in canadian classrooms, George Belliveau, Monica Prendergast 17.Tracing arts education policy and practice in Singapore, Prue Wales, Chee Hoo Lum 18.Where to from here? Implications for future research, Michael Anderson, Robyn Gibson, Josephine Fleming