Cultuur+Educatie Series

This series offers discussions on research, theory and practice related to cultural education (policy). Each edition addresses a different theme, relevant to the development of arts and cultural education. Cultuur+Educatie is aimed at all those who are professionally involved in arts and cultural education in the Netherlands.
Summaries in English can be downloaded below. Some individual articles were originally written in English and can be downloaded in English as well.

Pulling out all the stops: new research in music education  
What exactly happens when learning or teaching music? Music education researchers hope to unravel this mystery. This edition of Cultuur+Educatie presents information about a wide range of recent discoveries in music education.
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Media + Arts + Education: international trends in media and arts education
Media and arts education seem to be following – increasingly – converging paths. How will this affect media education in schools? Five experts outline the developments at the crossroads of the arts, media and education.
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New Amsterdammers learn from ‘City and Language’ (Stad en Taal) project
Art and objects invite discussions on impressions and associations. This was the idea behind museum programmes organised for participants in civic integration programmes. This publication discusses the results of and experiences with the Amsterdam project ‘City and Language’ (Stad en Taal).
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The impact of culture on the aesthetic assessment of visual arts
Can pre-schoolers draw and paint just as well as professional artists? Or is this all in the eye of the beholder? This publication discusses the results of a Dutch replication study into the ‘U-shaped’ development in visual arts.
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Educational goals and results of arts education
What is arts education's most valuable contribution? British researcher John Harland and American educator Lois Hetland analyse their research into the goals and impact of art education and describe how they wish to see the discipline develop.
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‘Research in Cultural Education Conference 2008’: a selection of the papers presented
Selection of contributions to the second ‘Research in Cultural Education Conference’ (Onderzoek in Cultuureducatie Conferentie). Subjects include the development of an aesthetic sensibility in children, a youth marketing model, interdisciplinary work and an analysis of Anne Bamford’s criteria for effective arts education.
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Tracking Pegasus’ flight. ‘Culture and Schools’ (Cultuur en School) 1997-2007
Publication on the ten year history of the policy ‘Culture and Schools’ (Cultuur en School). Including articles on literature based research and field work, policy research and the degree to which cultural education is embedded in primary and secondary school curricula.
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Amateur art in the Low Countries
The current state of affairs in the amateur arts in the Netherlands and Flanders, with contributions on conceptualisation, social engagement, participation figures and profiles of amateur artists.
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Flemish research on arts and cultural education
Four articles on recent Flemish research on arts and cultural education. The topics considered include cultural heritage education, art appreciation, media education and the use of stories in education.
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Effects of arts education from an international perspective
A description of international and national research on evaluation in visual arts education. Supplemented by three examples of research into the learning outcomes of arts education.
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Art and social engagement
In cooperation with Dr Sandra Trienekens (Erasmus University Rotterdam) Cultuurnetwerk conducted a study on social engagement in art projects, better known as Community Arts.
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The visual culture of childhood: International Child Art after Modernism
A study presented at the 2004 conference Visual Culture of Childhood: Child Art after Modernism. The key topic at the conference was the extent to which works labelled “child art” are actually made by children and are not joint productions by adults and children.
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Stages of development in learning art, literature and music
A collection of lectures from a study day organised by Cultuurwerk Nederland and the Reading Foundation (Stichting Lezen). The main theme was stages of development in learning art, literature and music.
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Profession: arts teacher. Competencies and qualifications in theory and practice
This edition is all about a key question: what makes an arts teacher a good teacher? Inspired by the profiles and competencies developed in recent years for educational programmes in the arts.
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