4.5c What are the mechanisms by which cultural education (formal and informal) generates creativity, critical thinking, resilience, teamwork and other skills?
Background
The department is keen to understand how cultural education, whether in educational settings or through less formal routes/environments, helps improve children and young people’s attendance and attainment at school. We are also interested in understanding the value of cultural learning, via the approach set out in the Culture and Heritage Capital programme. In addition, we remain interested in whether cultural learning and enrichment supports children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing, supports community cohesion, and supports them to develop key life skills like creative thinking, resilience, and teamwork. We are interested in how impact can differ, for example depending on the art form or frequency. We are looking to build our evidence base on how specific cultural education approaches can boost skills, support the growth of the cultural sectors and make cultural professions more accessible and impactful on the lives of children and young people.
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Related UKRI funded projects
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A critical review of the Creative Partnerships archive: How was cultural value understood, researched and evidenced?
Creative Partnerships (CP) was the biggest and longest running arts and education intervention in the world. It operated in England from 2002-2011 and worked intensively with over 2,700 schools, 90,000 teachers and over ...
Funded by: AHRC
Lead research organisation: University of Nottingham
Why might this be relevant?
The project critically reviews the Creative Partnerships archive to understand how cultural education supports creativity, critical thinking, resilience, and teamwork.
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Navigating Futures: arts education as a route to youth empowerment and pedagogical innovation
This project seeks to enhance engagement with, and impacts from, research and resources produced from a previous project funded under the Global Challenges Research Fund (entitled 'From displacement to development: arts ...
Funded by: GCRF
Lead research organisation: University of Edinburgh
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on arts education as a means to empower youth and improve literacy and skills in artistic expression, aligning with the question's emphasis on cultural education and skills development.
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Social Change through Creativity and Culture Stage 3: Extending Research Activity for Further Impact
The third stage of the Social Change through Creativity and Culture (UK/Brazil CreativeLab) continues to extend knowledge-exchange between academics and arts practitioners in Brazil and the UK in order to discover ways i...
Funded by: Newton Fund
Lead research organisation: Queen Mary University of London
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on how arts and creativity contribute to social transformation, community wellbeing, and economic development, aligning with the question on how cultural education generates skills like creativity and teamwork.