Research and Evaluation
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 All Our Futures: Creativity, Culture and Education Report published by the National Advisory Committee on Creative and Cultural Education. The report's recommendations offer guidance to government departments and agencies, schools, Local Education Authorities, teaching and subject associations and cultural and arts organisations. |
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ArtsPlay An Arts in Childcare project developed by Highlands and Islands Arts Limited (HI-Arts), which is contracted by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) to deliver an annual programme of arts development and promotion. |
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ARTSsmart Evaluation: Executive Summary This document provides an evaluation report on Phase 1 of the implementation of the ARTSsmart strategy |
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Artists in Schools: A Review Written by D Oddie and G Allen and published by the Stationery Office: London. A Review which builds on existing research on the issue of artists in schools and looks at their work from a practitioner's perspective. ISBN 011 350 103X |
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Bernard van Leer The Bernard van Leer Foundation funds and shares knowledge about work in early childhood development and child rights. Download or order our free publications and browse the projects for disadvantaged young children we support through partner organisations around the world. |
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Beyond Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care Book written by Peter Moss, Gunila Dahlberg and Alan Pence and published by Routledge Falmer ISBN: 0750707690 |
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Big Wide Talk (Playing with Words) A national research and development project run by the Gatsby Children's Communication Project. The Playing with Words Project aimed to support and encourage children with speech and language difficulties. |
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The Bigger Bang Symposium, Findings from The Bigger Bang debate |
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Born Creative In a series of essays Born Creative brings together the experiences of creative practices in early years education, to show the importance of cultures, environments and networks in the enrichment of the early years learning and interrogates the role of leaders, policy and parents in creating them. More information here: http://www.demos.co.uk/publications/born-creative- |
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Bringing Reggio Emilia Home: an Innovative Approach to Early Childhood Education Book by Louise Boyd Cadwell published by the Teachers College Press ISBN: 0807736600 |
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But three year olds can't - Glass ceilings in early childhood Glass Ceilings and implications for gifted children - An article by C Harrison published in the Australian Journal of Early Childhood - Autumn 2000 (Vol 25 No 2). There is a very limited number of copies still available. Contact: Early Childhood Australia, PO Box 7105, Watson ACT 2602, Australia |
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Bringing Theatre to the Early Years Peter Wynne-Willson urges settings to bring live theatre to their children |
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Chamber Tots at Wigmore Hall In celebration of the 10th annivesary year of Chamber Tots in the Community, Wigmore Hall, in partnership with Exeter University, has commissioned a research report by Dr Susan Young and Dr Victoria Rowe on the effect of Chamber Tots |
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Charting Antartica Project Report This report follows the "Let's Pretend" conference that took place in Birmingham, England in April '07. Birmingham Rep, in association with Assitej UK, 20-21 April 07. 120 Early Years practitioners, theatre practitioners and local parents and children celebrated the growth in theatre and arts provision for children aged 0-6, whilst anticipating the cultural and educational future as practitioners and families worked together to explore the relationship between theatre and play in the very young. |
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Children's Future Requests for Computers and the Internet An instalment of Latitude 42s, an ongoing series of open innovation studies which Latitude, an international research consultancy, publishes in the spirit of knowledge-sharing and opportunity discovery for both established companies and emerging entrepreneurs. |
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Children's Right to Play In this working paper, Wendy Russell and Stuart Lester of the UK's University of Gloucestershire discuss why play is fundamental to the health and well-being of children. |
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Creative Spaces Children as co-researchers in the design of museum and gallery learning |
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Creativity Across the Primary Curriculum: Framing and Developing Practice Book written by Anna Craft and published by Routledge: London. ISBN 0415200954 |
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Creative and Mental Growth Book written by Viktor Lowenfield and published by Collier Macmillan. ISBN 0023720808 |
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Champions of Change - ArtsEdge ARTSEDGE hosts the Champions of Change report for the arts education community. The report highlights the impacts of arts on learning across various US states. |
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Creativity and Possibility in the Early Years An article written by Professor Anna Craft of Exeter University and the Open University. |
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Collaborative and Creative Family Learning Opportunities The AccessArt Family Learning Consultation Report explores how we can work together to create sustainable, cost-effective, and co-created creative family learning opportunities. |
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Creativity in the Early Years A book written by Anna Craft and published by Continuum Publishing: London ISBN 041523770X |
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Creating a Global Culture for Peace A paper written by Ashfaq Ishaq, PhD regarding creativity and empathy as key attributes of successful learners and leaders |
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Creativity in Education Books on creativity. |
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Creative Learning Booklet This publication by Creative Partnerships contains essays that lay out a series of challenges and contexts for the creative and education sectors |
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Creativity in the Classroom Ever since the launch of the literacy hour, in combination with a national curriculum and a strong emphasis on league tables and achieving targets, there has been a debate around whether creativity, and hence education standards, are being damaged. |
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Developing Young Children's Creativity Through the Arts - What Does Research Have to Offer? A paper by Caroline Sharp published by NFER in February 2001 |
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Curiosity: The Fuel of Development Article written by Dr Bruce D Perry, MD PhD, which originally appeared in Early Childhood Today magazine. Dr Perry is an internationally recognized authority on brain development and children in crisis. |
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Developing a Shared Language of Learning and a Pedagogy of Relationship: A Centre-based Model of Continuing Professional Development Unpublished paper written by Nicci Burton, Debi Keyte-Hartland, Ellie Reynish and Helen Watson and presented at EECERA, Birmingham on 6th to 8th September 2010 |
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Digital Beginnings This blog is a space for reflections on research relating to young children's engagement with popular culture, media and new technologies. The focus is on children aged from birth to eight, although not exclusively. |
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Digital Beginnings Report Report of the 'Young Children's Use of Popular Culture, Media and New Technologies' Study, funded by BBC Worldwide and the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation. |
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Drawing the Theatrical Experience A report by Matthew Reason exploring the research and ways of enhancing children's engagement with theatre through the use of visual arts and also through writing. |
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Digital Childhoods Research Briefing 1 Research paper written by Professor Lydia Plowman |
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Digital Childhoods Research Briefing 2 Research briefing paper written by Profession Lydia Plowman |
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Digital Childhoods Research Briefing 3 Research document written by Professor Lydia Plowman |
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Digital Storytelling in the Classroom New Media Pathways to Literacy, Learning, and Creativity - a book by Jason Ohler. |
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Digital participation, digital literacy, and school subjects A report by Cassie Hague and Ben Williamson, Futurelab published in August 2009. |
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Drawings of People by the Under-5s Written by M Cox and published by Falmer Press: London this book traces the development of the human figure in children's drawings, showing how they add to and alter figures as they grow older. ISBN 07 507 05 841 |
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Early Childhood Education Recent years have seen an increasing recognition of the importance of early childhood education. This has coincided with a period of major development and expansion of early years provision, particularly in the UK. It has brought early childhood education and services to the forefront of both the political and the research agenda. |
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Experiential Education Making care and education more effective through wellbeing and involvement. An introduction to Experiential Education. |
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Early Childhood Research and Practice The journal for multi professional partnerships |
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Engage - Engage in the Foundation Stage A research programme has been taking place in Wales exploring the contribution that galleries and artists can make to the new Foundation Phase curriculum in Wales. |
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Experiencing Reggio Emilia Publication by Lesley Abbot for the British Association for Early Childhood Education |
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Expecting the Unexpected A publication from OfSTED on developing creativity in primary and secondary schools |
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Experiencing Reggio Emilia: Implications for Pre-school Provision A chapter written by Cath Hirst and published in the book Experiencing Reggio Emilia by Lesley Abbot and Cathy Nutbrown. Published by Open University Press, ISBN 0335207030 |
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Eyes and Silences Research paper written by Roberto Frabetti, Director, La Baracca Theatre |
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Five Curricular Outlines Starting strong -Curricula and pedagogies in Early Childhood education and care. |
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From Babble To Speech Ireland begins to talk about early years arts policy. |
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Helping Children to Draw and Paint in Early Childhood Book written by John Matthews and published by Hodder Arnold H&S. ISBN 0340589116 |
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The Foundation Years Frank Field MP's independent review on poverty and life chances of children from birth reveals some crucial indicators on how children's poverty can be made worse by parental education and values than by income. |
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Helene Hugel interviews Ruth Churchill Dower, Director of Early Year Arts Helene Hugel interviewed Ruth Churchill Dower, director of Early Year Arts at their International Unconference on November 9th 2010 in Halifax |
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Intelligence Reframed: Multiple Intelligences for the 21st Century Book written by H Gardner and published by Basicbooks: New York. ISBN 0465026117 |
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International creative practice in early years settings - research report Report and executive summary of research carried out into three international models of creative practice in early years settings. Author: Ruth Churchill Dower, Earlyarts. |
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International Creative Practice in Early Years This Pocket Guide from Earlyarts highlights some of the tremendous opportunities happening for very young children and their families through creative partnerships on a global scale. It demonstrates the power of global collaboration and the unexpected positive impacts this can have on supporting young children's growth. |
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Kids Book Review Children's book reviews, written by children for children, for use at school and at home. |
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Little c in Creativity Pages 45 to 61 in the book 'Creativity in Education' written by Anna Craft, B Jeffrey and M Leibling and published by Continuum Publlishing: London ISBN: 0826448631 |
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Learning & Development: Music - Part 3 - In tune Encourage the youngest children to lead the way in musical activities with suggestions from Jessica Pit |
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Little Acorns - Early Years Creativity Programme The Little Acorns project aimed to design, develop and put in place flexible partnership programmes of creative learning activity for the foundation stages, ie children ages 3-5. |
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Making Every Child's Music Matter Music Manifesto Report No 2 |
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Live Arts / Arts Alive Starcatchers Research Report 2011 |
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Making of Me A report written by Jen Lexmond and Shelagh Wright in October 2009 on families and cultural engagement |
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Music Education Research An international refereed journal which draws its contributions from a wide community of researchers. The focus is firmly on research, and the journal provides an international forum for cross-cultural investigations and discussions relating to all areas of music education. |
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MERYC 2009 4TH Conference of the European Network of Music Educators and Researchers of Young Children |
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Motive, Means and Opportunity: Creativity Research Review Written by Karen Dust and published by NESTA. |
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Music One 2 One Music One2One is a music education research project based at University of Exeter School of Education and Life-Long Learning (SELL). |
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National Curriculum - Why is Creativity So Important? Information about the importance of creativity in the curriculum. |
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NCA: Protecting and Promoting the Arts The National Campaign for the Arts is the UK’s only independent organisation campaigning for all the arts. |
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Outdoor Space A Creative Partnerships London East and South case study by Renee Smithens |
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PEEP: Room to Play Evaluation PEEP supports parents and carers in their role as children's first and most important educators. We also provide training and support for practitioners working with families. The PEEP programme offers ideas and activities to support children's learning in everyday situations. |
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People With Passion A summary report on how to embed creativity in the lives of looked after children and young people |
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Perspectives on Early Years and Digital Technologies This publication presents early work from Futurelab's PhD studentship network, set up to explore questions around the role of digital technologies in young children's learning. |
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Play, Creativity and Digital Cultures This seminar series focuses on children's digital cultures, specifically examining the role of play and creativity in learning with new media technologies. |
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Places + Children = Learning It is a book for teachers, parents and other collaborators who decide to share a creative journey through the city that they find around them. |
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Primary Design and Technology for the Future - Creativity, Culture and Citizenship Book by Alan Howe exploring ways in which children can be supported in expressing their creativity |
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Project Zero (USA) Project Zero's mission is to understand and enhance learning, thinking, and creativity in the arts, as well as humanistic and scientific disciplines, at the individual and institutional levels. Note in particular the research programme 'Making Learning Visible' with Reggio Children. |
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Problems in Primary Art Education - the Need for a New Approach in the Early Years An article by D Holt published in 1997 in the International Journal of Early Years Education, vol 5, no 2, pp 93-100 |
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RAMPS: A Framework for Listening to Children In this paper Penny Lancaster discusses a framework for listening to young voices and ensuring children’s active participation. Enabling all children to have a meaningful say requires time, effort and some innovative thinking.The RAMPS approach gives a model for how to involve children in making a positive contribution to their learning and well-being. |
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Rainbow's Gold A glimpse at the emergence of the performing arts for the early years in Cork. |
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Reflective Practice Using the Learning Circle Using critical reflection to prepare practitioners for pedagogical work with infants and toddlers. |
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Reinvesting in Arts Education A report from the President's Committee on the arts and the humanities in schools |
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Research in Dance Education Research in Dance Education aims to inform, stimulate and promote the development of research in dance education and is relevant to both learners and teachers. The desire to improve the quality and provision of dance education through lively and critical debate, and the dissemination of research findings is uppermost. |
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Saving a Place for the Arts? A Survey of the Arts in Primary Schools in England A book by D Downing, F Johnson and S Kaur. New NFER research highlights attitudes of primary heads and class teachers to the arts ISBN 1 903880 45 9. Available from The Publications Unit, The National Federation for Educational Research, The Mere, Upton Park, Slough, SL1 2DQ, Tel: +44 (0)1753 574123 |
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See the Theatre, Play the Theatre Starcatchers Final Report on their early years theatre programme 'See the Theatre, Play the Theatre', written by Susan Young and Nicki Powers |
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Sticky Fingers and Toes Report - Take Art Report on the Take Art Sticky Toes and Fingers project. |
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Scoping Studies for the Early Years C4EO's early years scoping studies establish the key research questions and search parameters for the later review work, assess the nature and strength of the evidence base and provide an initial overview of trends in the literature. |
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Searching for Meaning In Searching for Meaning, Canterbury Nursery School and Centre for Children and Families have tried to capture and document the process of a three year journey developing a creative curriculum. |
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Supporting Creativity and Imagination in the Early Years Written by B Duffy and published by the Open University Press: Buckingham. Uses real life examples of young children's development and their growing competence to show the richness of their creativity and imagination. ISBN 033 519 8716 |
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Sony PlayStation Portable in Education Sony PlayStation Portable in Education This video introduces the Sony PlayStation Portable and its use in education. Educational practitioners reflect on their experiences and their intentions. |
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The Arts and Education Interface: Evidence Based Research This report presents the findings of the research into the Arts-Education Interface (AEI) initiative, which was launched in 2001 by the then Arts Council of England and Regional Arts Boards. Its aim was to explore the relationship between the arts and education through a programme of arts-based interventions organised within the Education Action Zones (EAZs) of Bristol and Corby. The Arts Council commissioned the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) to study these interventions. |
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Tech Tonic - Impact of Technology on Children - USA Towards a new literacy of technology - a report by the Alliance for Childre |
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The Arts in the Early Years: A National Study of Policy and Practice A research report by Alison Clark, Ellen Heptinstall, Antonia Simon and Peter Moss |
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The Arts and Community Radio A CapeUK research report by Pat Cochrane and Graham Jeffery with Ruth Churchill Dower, Jo Garnham and Sheila McGregor |
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The artist in each of us An article by F Cane published in the Namta Journal, No 24.3 |
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The Creativity Centre Our aim is to enable organisations and individuals develop their creativity and become more innovative |
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The Effects of Music on the Learning of Children In order to adress the question 'Is music education at an early age necessary to reach a professional level in music?', an independent study was performed for Polifonia in 2005. In this study the focus is on music education that takes place before the level of higher education and especially on the necessity of students receiving music education before they enter higher music education. |
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The Future of Creativity An article by Jeannine Ouellette, from the Rake. |
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The Thinking Child Brain-based learning for the Foundation Stage (Early Years) - a book by Nicola Call and Sally Featherstone. |
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The power of music: its impact on the intellectual, social and personal development of children and young people A research paper, written and published by Professor Susan Hallam at the Institute of Education, London |
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The project Experiential Education: Concepts and experiences at the level of context, process and outcome An article written by Dr Ferre Laevers |
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