We have now completed our formal research. We have been working on some final data analysis since the launch of the Time to Listen summary report. The final report contains new material on our fourth research question. This was about what arts organisations bring to teacher professional development. Our key findings were these: Although the RSC and … Continue reading arts organisations and teacher professional development
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led by students’ voices
It is important that research is communicated to interested audiences. In our case, this is particularly important as the TALE research generated a huge amount of data from students. We really want to respect the contribution that they made to the research by doing as much as we can to help make their voices and … Continue reading led by students’ voices
tale survey completed
This post is written by Corinna Geppert Some months ago I wrote a blog post called “When numbers turn into meaning…”. At this time we had just launched our WAVE 1 survey report . This report included data from over 2300 students in TALE schools all over the country. I was very excited about it … Continue reading tale survey completed
understanding relationships through movement
This post is written by Lexi Earl. During my visit to St Mary’s College in Hull, I had the opportunity to observe a Year 13 Performing Arts class. This group of Year 13s are studying BTec Performing Arts and their course is made up of drama, dance and singing classes. Many want to go on … Continue reading understanding relationships through movement
working with difficult ideas
This post was written by Pat Thomson on her visit to Thomas Tallis school in Greenwich. Studying photography is not just about learning how to make images. It is also learning how the photograph itself can be understood. On a recent visit to Thomas Tallis, I saw a visiting artist working with a Year 10 class. The artist was Dafna … Continue reading working with difficult ideas
language and literacy in the art room
People often think about art subjects as purely 'doing stuff' with paint, pencils and maybe the odd camera. However, there’s a lot of literacy practice which is specific to the art room. When I visited the Royal Grammar School in Newcastle, art room literacies were clearly in evidence. I saw : (1) Reading. Students are … Continue reading language and literacy in the art room
when numbers turn into meaning…
This post is written by Dr Corinna Geppert. As somebody who is involved into “number crunching”, doing statistics, I often wonder: What story will these numbers tell me? What sort of patterns, correlations or differences between groups of people will emerge? And then I start, do the first steps of analysis and realize that there … Continue reading when numbers turn into meaning…
rehearsal room practice
St Mary’s College in Hull has an impressive proscenium theatre and an ambitious programme of productions. Director of Performance, Neil Wood, has worked in musical theatre professionally and he draws on this background in his approach to teaching: I always say to my students right at the beginning that when they walk through the doors … Continue reading rehearsal room practice
mistakes are often the basis of creativity
Esther Tyler-Ward, from Digitech school in Bristol, is a teacher of art and photography who is participating in the Tale research project. Here she shares her reflections about her engagement with the Tate's Common Projects project: Tate's Common Projects 2015/16 was a year long project that brought together artists, educators and curators to explore art education. At our initial … Continue reading mistakes are often the basis of creativity
it’s a different kind of hard work
In this post Anton Franks reflects on his visit to one of the RSC partnership schools: Arriving at Ark Helenswood Academy lower school site on a sunny June morning in Hastings, I am met by Niall Whitehead, a drama teacher and the Director of Performing Arts in the school. He’s a very busy man – … Continue reading it’s a different kind of hard work
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