Pat Thomson and Chris Hall visited primary schools where art is a core part of the curriculum, prompting them to ask: Why don’t more schools aim to be art-rich?
The term “arts rich” was used by James Catterall to describe a secondary school that offered a suite of arts subjects through to the final year, had an arts faculty, dedicated space and equipment. Catterall’s longitudinal studies suggested strongly that students who attended arts-rich schools were more likely to go to college than their peers who didn’t attend arts-rich schools. We are researching arts-richness in England.
The Researching the Arts in Primary Schools (RAPS) project starts from the premise that educational success against the odds depends on foundations built in the primary years, as – for many – does a long-standing interest in the arts. Our research in arts-rich primary schools seeks to understand both what they do and what they offer to children...Keep reading on Cultural Learning Alliance.
The term “arts rich” was used by James Catterall to describe a secondary school that offered a suite of arts subjects through to the final year, had an arts faculty, dedicated space and equipment. Catterall’s longitudinal studies suggested strongly that students who attended arts-rich schools were more likely to go to college than their peers who didn’t attend arts-rich schools. We are researching arts-richness in England.
The Researching the Arts in Primary Schools (RAPS) project starts from the premise that educational success against the odds depends on foundations built in the primary years, as – for many – does a long-standing interest in the arts. Our research in arts-rich primary schools seeks to understand both what they do and what they offer to children...Keep reading on Cultural Learning Alliance.