School art: Where is it? (Re)exploring visual arts in secondary schools

Grant, Will; Wild, Carol; Fursman, Joanna

Abstract

In this innovative research study, Joanna Fursman, Will Grant, and Carol Wild begin by revisiting the work undertaken by Dick Downing and Ruth Watson in their Tate-sponsored 2004 School Art: What Is It? report. Twenty years later, they replicate the processes employed by Downing and Watson – asking secondary school art teachers across England about the curriculum they deliver: its contents, structure, and impact.

Candid interviews with 36 participants provide illustrative insight into the state of art education in England’s secondary schools in 2024. Through comparison, contextualisation, and critical reflection, Fursman, Grant, and Wild construct a new set of questions for today’s policymakers and practitioners.

• Report Type: Research Report
• Online Publication Date: Jan 20, 2025
• Publication Date: Dec 20, 2024
• Deposit Date: Jan 3, 2025
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 3, 2025
• Keywords: art design education curriculum school
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/13591526