The Cultural Curriculum

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The Cultural Curriculum

• In recent years the pressures on schools to
  develop and deliver the core curriculum have led
  to a general decline in provision, resources and
  energy devoted to the arts. This has been
  reported by HMI, QCA and subject associations.

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The Cultural Curriculum

• Anecdotal evidence of renewed confidence and an
  ability to make changes to curriculum
• Cumbria Healthy Schools - used artists to reflect
  on impact of foot and mouth in devasted
  communities
• Specialist Arts Colleges
• ArtsMark setting standards and celebrating
• Revised Arts Council - Creative Partnerships
• Arts Weeks
• EDP Local Priority by popular request

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EDP G1

• 1. Development and dissemination of information
  and exemplars
• 2. Improvement of teachers subject knowledge and
  pedagogy
• 3. Creation of networks in order to support
  action research, curriculum development and
  project planning
• 4. Support for the development of arts
  initiatives in schools

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Key Points

• Momentum nationally in developing the arts
  curriculum has not been strong
• There is evidence that opportunity, interest,
  practice and resources are becoming available
• We can do more together than we can in isolation

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• 1.1 Identify and disseminate information,
  through the Internet, about arts expertise
  (especially that provided through
  Buckinghamshires specialist arts colleges),
  resources, curriculum management strategies and
  exemplars of successful management practices.

What sort of information do you need? Who needs
it? Where would it come from?
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• 1.2 Improve the breadth and balance of the
  curriculum through the development and promotion
  of whole school arts policies and strategies.

How? A county policy or a policy exchange? What
do you need and how do you need it?
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• 2.1 Improve teaching by providing professional
  development opportunities and support to
  strengthen teachers subject knowledge and
  understanding of arts pedagogy.

What sort of development opportunities?For whom?
How much?
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• 2.2 Improve teaching by providing opportunities
  for teachers to work with artists and others with
  professional expertise.

How would this work? Why is it important?
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• 2.3 Improve the use of new technologies in arts
  subjects (notably art, design and music) by
  supporting schools in developing teacher
  expertise in this area

Is the technological base there yet? Are there
any regional or national exemplars yet?
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• 2.4At Key Stage 4 and Post-16, improve, where
  appropriate, teaching and learning related to the
  design and cultural industries (in particular in
  support of vocational GCSEs) by supporting
  schools in developing units of work and engaging
  with professionals in the field.

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• 3.1 Work with schools to identify needs and
  opportunities, using the Arts Team to develop and
  support County and area networks for managers of
  arts subjects

What should this be in this area? Who should be
involved? How should we proceed?
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• 4.1 Improve arts provision and standards in
  schools by supporting and promoting the
  acquisition of the Arts Mark Award.

What sort of support would you need?
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• 4.2 Improve arts education in Buckinghamshire by
  Identifying, supporting and providing access to,
  a full range of arts subject (and phase specific)
  expertise and experience through the creation of
  a Buckinghamshire Arts Team, which includes
  teacher/artist/adviser consultants, as
  appropriate.

What sort of expertise is needed in this
team? Where would we get it from? What strategic
and operational role should it perform? How
should it engage with area networks?
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EDP activities

• 1 disseminate information
• 2 policies
• 3 improve teaching - professional development
• 4 improve teaching - teachers artists
• 5 new technologies
• 6 16 curriculum
• 7 County and area networks
• 8 Arts Team
• 9 Arts Mark

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to illuminate (issues and opportunities)

to plan (to consider players, strategies and
programmes)
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to engage (with head teachers)
to inform (about QCA creativity programme)