This paper investigates the role of pre-service teachers in facilitating 21st century global
competencies in the visual and creative arts. It focuses on the Arts to understand how …

This seminal paper is presented against the background of a" hands-off" approach to
teaching visual arts in most of the Western world where visual arts education is often …

This arts-based research inquiry applies innovative approaches to fostering" creativity" in
pre-service primary art teachers during their tertiary training. The main research question …

This paper details aspects of a research project that explored nineteen Australian primary
(elementary) schoolteachers' perspectives of Creative Arts education. The study investigated …

This article documents the current classroom practice of creative arts education of
respondent classroom teachers in the New South Wales Greater Western Region, Australia …

Abstract Out of the Shadows: Fostering Creativity and Teacher Education Programs is a
culmination of five years of research into the role teachers have played in nurturing the …

This is an interdisciplinary research project, drawing on theories in arts-based inquiry,
psychology, early childhood and primary education. Significant reforms have occurred with …

This paper examines contemporary challenges in providing relevant and quality Visual Arts
education in the Primary school setting in Australia. To that end, implications and issues …

While the space remains fragile for arts learning in school settings, the need for creativity
and creative learning is emphasised in curriculum documents. Alongside this tension, what …

The paper draws on the combined perspectives of two Australian art educators to contend
that while art education promotes creativity through learning in and about art, there needs to …