The qualities of quality: Understanding excellence in arts education
Source: apo.org.au Posted By: Lillie S...5354 days ago
For many children in the United States, arts education, if offered at all, is uninspired and infrequent. So what do arts educators and others think are the key attributes of 'quality' in arts learning in K-12? Researchers at Harvard's Project Zero explore this question through interviews, case studies and a literature review. Excellent arts education, they conclude, is "not simply a matter of adopting a research-proven set of 'best practices.'" Rather, it requires educators and others to reflect....