Guaranteeing an entitlement to the arts in schools / Rick Rogers ; [commissioned by the RSA's Arts Advisory Group]

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Rogers, Rich

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Publication details: London : RSA, cop. 1995Description: 64 pISBN:

090146922X

Summary: The Education Reform Act 1988 requires schools to provide a "balanced and broadly based curriculum" which promotes, among other things, pupils" cultural development. This must include the expressive arts and design, music dance (through PE) and drama (through English) -all required subjects under the National Curriculum. It is the firts time that a legal statement of what a pupil is entitled to has been set down. But something else is clear aswell. The widely approved reforms of the National Curriculum and of local management of schools (LMS), whereby local authorities have to devolve the bulk of their education budget to schools, are having unintentionally detrimental effects on arts education. Two things are happening. There is a growing disparity in the ability of school to meet the minimum requierements of the National Curriculum. In addition, many schools are unable to go beyond that minimum and offer pupils a more wideranging and fulfilling experience of the arts. (...) This report, therefore, offers a series of practical proposals based on interviews with those concerned with arts education and on research conclusions. They are aimed primarily at policymakers in government, education and the arts, and concentrate on innovative ways to: provide an arts curriculum; release additional resources; developp professional and financial support; encourage training; monitor and improve standards; spread good practice; promote and sustain networks for information, advice and collaborative ventures; build new structures whih enable the arts to flourish. (Font: Introduction)

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Centre d' Informació i Documentació del CERC	S 01508	1	Available		1900178363

The RSA wishes to ackowledge gratefully the support and funding given by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and The Arts Council of England for this publication

Foreword / Margaret Hyde -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The case for the arts -- 3. What is happening to the arts in schools -- 4. Why there is a problem -- 5. Fulfilling the entitlement -- Appendix 1. The law on arts provision in schools -- Appendix 2. Examples of good provision -- 3. Exam qualifications and the arts -- Appendix 4. Evidence for action -- Appendix 5. Where to find out more

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