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stages of development in learning art, literature and music
Cultuur + Educatie 14 (2005)
A collection of lectures held at the 2004 study day Steeds mooier? , which was organised by Cultuurnetwerk Nederland and Stichting Lezen. The main theme was 'stages of development in learning art, literature and music'.
These stages of development were researched extensively in the 1980s, and the results were used in education. The main question on the study day was whether such stages of development can in fact be identified, and whether they are relevant and usable in educational practice.
Musical development
Besides the two introductions by extraordinary professors Folkert Haanstra (arts education and cultural participation) and Dick Schram (reading behaviour), this edition also includes contributions from the four speakers which have been written up as articles. Constantijn Koopman (Royal Conservatory) discusses stages of development in musical development. He concludes that artistic development should not be focused exclusively on progress. Guidance of overall development is worth more than immediate intervention.
Visual development
Gerrit Breeusma (University of Groningen) argues in his article in favour of less goal-oriented approaches in arts education. In assessing artistic development, he believes that it is not just the end product that matters, but how it was created.
New approach to literary reading
Karin Laarakker (Cultuurnetwerk Nederland) seeks a new approach to (literary) reading in her article. She concludes that the traditional phase-based theories and reader typologies only go so far. However, integrating the two theoretical frameworks and supporting them with empirical data offers options for a new approach.
Theo Witte (University of Groningen) formulated his own stages of development. He identifies six competency profiles that are the result of a study on the literary development of pupils attending senior general and pre-university secondary schools (HAVO and VWO).
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