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Several blog posts presented interesting initiatives and practices all around the world – in…

The Family Arts Festival website is now open for submissions ready for the launch of the 2014 Festival in June. Family Arts Festival invites visual and performing arts organisations working anywhere in the UK to apply from today on for becoming part of…

As part of their research into education, The McKinsey Center for Government research youth employability and skills needed. They have published a report Education to Employment: Getting Europe’s Youth into Work, in which they also look at what skills young people lack from the point of view of the employers and what skills they consider important.

As presented in the table below, skills…

The book with the 6 winning stories from Kids4Kids' 2013 writing competition has been published at the end of last year. The Kids4Kids is a project in Hong Kong which encourages children's creativity through literature. It is part of 6th annual Writing for a Cause Competition 2013 which ended with great success. Last year, for first time ever, an open-category was launched and 120 school-aged children have…

"Empowering the Future", shortly E-TFU, is a network of social agencies and universities of four European cities: Amsterdam, Antwerp, Barcelona and Berlin. What is common for all partners is the idea of promoting the ‘strength perspective’ in working with…

"Dansen Dansen" (www.dansendansen.be) is a Flemish website that intends to inspire, excite and motivate dance teachers to experiment with dance and young people in different contexts (culture and education). English version of this website is soon to be launched. The launch of "Dancing dances" will be held on 2nd of March at …

On the 9th of December professor Lois Hetland held the lecture “The Benefits and Future of Visual Arts Education” in Bozar in Brussels. Prof. Lois Hetland is one of the leading experts worldwide in the field of art education, so it was no surprise that the great hall in Bozar was filled with professionals (as well as students- future professionals) from the same…

Not only did students in Bermuda inherit a beautiful island, but they also posses a rich cultural heritage along with interesting history. Educational material "Bermuda Connection - Cultural Resource Guide" was published as a “toolkit” for student exploration of the cultural identity and…

A report on how young people are encouraged to study Science in Japan through creative approaches to Science education.

http://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2013/sep/26/science-teaching-japan-video

Source: Newton/theguardian.com, Length: 27min 24sec

The thesis looks at how social change can be effected through participation in the arts and examines this in the context of Timor-Leste in South East Asia. It includes, among others, case studies of existing initiatives in Timor-Leste, overview of models and approaches (such as social action, arts as therapy, and community cultural development) and a review of the literature on initiatives in which participatory arts are applied as a tool for social change.

The author of the thesis is…

New initiative by the National Arts Council Singapore promotes the use of arts to enhance learning of students with special education needs. It allows teaching artists and school teachers to develop and deliver together arts-based lessons as part of the core curriculum. Next to matching the teaching artists with the school to jointly develop programmes based on the school’s educational needs, teachers are provided artist-led training to make the impact sustainable. The NAC Artist-SPED School…

Artists in Creative Education – Pakistan and UK is an international project by Creativity, Culture and Education (CCE), UK; IKON, UK; Vasl Artists Collective, Pakistan; and the British Council Pakistan. The project initially saw 3 UK artists and 3 Pakistani artists on exchange visits, receiving professional development training to enable them to employ their artistic skills effectively in educational settings and being placed in schools in Birmingham and Karachi. As…

Kulturfabrik, the Cultural Centre located at the heart of the Great Region in the south of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, in Esch-sur-Alzette, provided the children from French schools with the opportunity to get an insight in cultural work as well as to see all the efforts that are…

A beautiful project in Pakistan

http://vimeo.com/77490208

Earlyarts is unveiling a new range of creative EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage) teaching resources that are underpinned by scientific and pedagogical research and evidence.  …

A plan to improve the quality and quantity of creative learning opportunities and initiatives throughout Scotland has recently been published. Each of the partners – Creative Scotland, Education Scotland, Scottish Government, College Development Network, and Association of Directors of Education in Scotland, Skills Development Network, General Teaching Council for Scotland and the Scottish Qualification Authority – will implement a series of specific actions. The…

The Department of Art and Art Professions at Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, New York University announced new 34-crdit MA programme in Art, Education and Community Practice. This innovative MA programme joins two existing MA programmes in Art Education.…

ITYARN, the International Theatre for Young Audiences Research Network is calling for proposals for the Third International Theatre for Young Audiences Research Forum at the 18th ASSITEJ World Congress in Warsaw May 24, 2014.

The overall theme of the congress and festival is "Facing the…

Grundtvig learning partnership of partners from Austria, Germany, Slovenia and Spain, co-ordinated by EDUCULT (Austria), researched existing approaches to family learning in cultural and creative education settings.

The report offers an overview of the learning partnership; presents quality criteria for cultural learning for families based on observations and discussions; presents brief case studies of visited institutions; and includes a self-assessment…