Thematic Research

1. Parent’s Views on Creative and Cultural Education (IPSOS MORI) 2009

Creativity, Culture and Education commissioned this research because it wants to put the experiences of children and families at the heart of what it does. The purpose of this project was to survey the views of parents about their children’s creative education and experiences, and to look at the demand among parents for this type of learning opportunity in the classroom.

When prompted with a list of cultural forms, three quarters of parents say their child has taken part in a cultural activity in the past twelve months both with their school (75%) and with their family (74%). However, one in ten parents (nine percent) report that their child has not taken part in any of the cultural activities asked about in the past year, either with their school or the family.

Ipsos Mori Parental Report For CCE (452 KB)

2. Teacher's Omnibus – Views on Creative and Cultural Activities of Primary School Teachers (IPSOS MORI) 2009

Questions were included on behalf of Creativity, Culture and Education on this annual teacher’s omnibus to establish how important primary school teachers in England think it is that pupils have access to a range of arts and culture activity through schools as well as how much time their pupils will spend on visiting activities taking place outside school during Autumn term 2009.

Primary school teachers in England are generally very favourable to the role of arts and cultural activities in the classroom. Almost all of those interviewed (98%) agree, at least to some extent, that a rich range of arts and culture in schools is important for young people. The great majority (83%) strongly agree this is the case.

CCE Teacher Omnibus 2009 (135 KB)

3. Youth Voice (Open University)
2009

Creative Partnership's foregrounding of youth participation in its programmes and in schools has resulted in some significant work and innovations, particularly in challenging adult perceptions of young people’s capabilities. This report looks further into ‘youth voice’, used as an umbrella term for a range of work with and by young people, in ways that are referred to as youth consultation, participation, involvement and empowerment.

Creative Partnerships Youth Voice Report (610 KB)
Creative Partnerships Youth Voice Appendix (22 KB)

4. CREATIVE SCHOOL CHANGE (THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM AND KEELE UNIVERSITY)
2009

This research, carried out before significant changes were made to the programme, which included the introduction of Change and Enquiry Schools and Schools of Creativity in 2008), investigated how schools were taking up the offer made by Creative Partnerships in order to further school change.

Although the programme has changed since the research was carried out, there is certainly a point in assembling evidence that assesses what the first phase of Creative Partnerships accomplished. The findings are expressed partly in the form of descriptions and analyses of change in the 11 case study schools, and partly in the form of heuristics - a way of identifying and labeling activities to facilitate discussion about features of school practice, and thus to assist the work of professional development.

Creative School Change Nov 2009 (1.1 MB)

5. The Creative Partnerships Curriculum Projects at Kingstone School Barnsley and Queensbridge School Birmingham (Birmingham City University)
2008

This report is the result of a two-year research project in the school years 2006-7 and 2007-8 into the impact on school change of creative curriculum projects in two secondary schools: Kingstone School of Creativity in Barnsley and Queensbridge Visual and Performing Arts College in Birmingham.

Kingstone and Queensbridge 2008 (467 KB)

6. The Pedagogy of Creative Practitioners in schools (University of Cambridge)
2008

Submitted through the Creative Partnerships National Research Call this project explored the pedagogy used by successful external creative partners in bringing about transformations in pupils' attitudes to and motivation for learning, particularly those disaffected pupils of an anti-school disposition. The impact of such transformations transferring to other curriculum areas, were looked at, particularly mathematics and science, as areas where pupils’ attitudes have declined in recent years. The final aim of the research was to examine the extent to which pedagogy used by successful external partners can be transferred to others (both fellow artists and teachers).

Exploring Pedagogy of Creative Partnerships March 2008 (268 KB)

7. Creative Learning publication

In February 2008 Creative Partnerships convened a seminar of experts to tease out and investigate the notion of creative learning. The resulting publication contains the papers presented at this event and a more general discussion. The essays lay out a series of challenges and contexts for Creative Partnerships and the creative and education sectors in general.

While the authors may not offer solutions to all of the challenges they raise, in exploring and unpicking the notion of creative learning they model the essence of the process as it plays out in schools - each author refreshes and renews the interrogation of an idea in the same way creative practitioners, teachers and young people might re-imagine the curriculum within schools.

Creative Learning

8. Creative Science (Cornwall Education Services)
2008

Following a three year Creative Partnerships project entitled 'Beach Classrooms', this project looked at the impact of the coastal visit and creative approach on children's attitudes to and learning in science.

Creative Science - Beach Classrooms (368 KB)

9. Made For Each Other: Creative Sciences and Arts in the Secondary School (Shirley Brice Heath, Elke Paul-Boehncke, Shelby Wolf)
2007

This monograph is the product of two years field research in Brockhill Park Secondary School, when it joined in the initial stages of planning and thinking about creative partnering throughout the Kent region not long after Creative Partnerships Kent (now covered by Future Creative) was set up in 2003.

Looking at the linkages between the arts and sciences the teachers wanted to understand how 'creative performances' such as those usually associated with dance and other arts, might differ from the creative and critical thinking they wanted their science students to exhibit. The researchers, along with the composer-in-residence Robert Jarvis, recorded as much of Brockhill's work toward integration of the sciences and arts into the life of the school.

Made for each other - Heath, Boehncke, Wolf (2007) (4.0 MB)

10. Their learning becomes your journey: Parents respond to children’s work in Creative Partnerships (CLPE)
2007

Research investigating how parent-child relationships are affected by Creative Partnerships.

Parents respond to children's work in creative partnerships

11. Animation in Education: Its impact on Learning, Literacy and Creativity (Media Project East)
2007

Looking at animation in the classroom these case studies aim to encourage teachers and pupils to try things for themselves. The practical demonstrations debunk the myth that digital animation is too specialised and too technically demanding for the classroom.

Animation in Education November 2007 (3.0 MB)

12. Study of Creative Partnerships Local Sharing of Practice and Learning (NFER)
2007

This report was commissioned to look at the sharing of practice generated through CP within and between schools locally. The research explored levels of school engagement with CP, local approaches to sharing and ‘cascade’, and the factors that enable, hinder and sustain local sharing.

The research also briefly explored the sharing approaches in two complementary programmes,
namely the Regional Partnerships programme and the Creative Action Research Awards (CARA) Programme.

Study of local sharing of practice (cascade) NFER (319 KB)

13. Special Effects: Special effects: the distinctiveness of learning outcomes in relation to moving image education projects (NFER/BFI)
2007

Started in 2005 this project looked at whether moving image education projects led to specific learning outcomes, or 'special effects' for young people. The research project was designed to enable comparisons with existing research into the 'special effects' of education in the other arts areas.

Special Effects Executive Summary October 2007
Special Effects Full Report October 2007 (464 KB)

14. Progression in Creative Learning (Open University)
2006

The focus of this study is characterising creative learning and exploring aspects of Progression in Creative Learning as evidenced in composition in English and Music. These domains were chosen to provide a mix of opportunities and demands for creativity, across core and foundation subjects.

A mixture of desk studies of published work and qualitative analysis in five Creative Partnerships sites looks at how creative learning is broadly characterized in these early years settings and schools, how can we describe progression in creative learning and what can we learn about transitions across the Key Stages in terms of progression in these areas.

Progression in Creative Learning (487 KB)

15. Visual Learning in the Community (Brice Heath and Wolf)
2004

The five booklets in the series Visual learning in the community school narrate several types of creative bridging and partnering took place within Hythe Community School in Hythe, Kent. They tell some of the many stories of partnerships that have increased school children’s access to creative learning opportunities in 2003 and 2004. Oral language, visual literacies and strategic thinking were the focus of the research on which this series of booklets is based. The on-going study results from the collaboration of Creative Partnerships and scholars Shirley Brice Heath and Shelby Wolf, supported through Stanford University and Brown University.

Shelby Wolf and Shirley Brice Heath added their questions in order to capture, count, and recount the language and thinking behind creative work and play. Here the two researchers tell of the shifts in language and ways of thinking that lie behind the sustained power of creative learning that holds out new roles for all partners.

VLC Sharing a common vision_2004 (2.6 MB)
VLC With an eye on design_2004 (2.8 MB)
VLC Art is all about looking_2004 (1.7 MB)
VLC Hoping for accidents_2004 (2.9 MB)
VLC It looks to me as if_2004 (2.0 MB)