Arts and Cultural Education in Iceland : Professor Anne Bamford

Contents
Acknowledgements ........................................................................... 3
Contents ......................................................................................... 6
Executive Summary .......................................................................... 8
Recommendations ........................................................................... 10
Chapter 1: Introduction and overview ................................................ 11
1.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 11
1.2 Scope ..................................................................................................................... 11
1.3 Arts education ....................................................................................................... 13
1.4 Context .................................................................................................................. 15
1.5 Policy Cooperation and curriculum ....................................................................... 19
1.6 Financing patterns.................................................................................................. 22
1.7 Management ......................................................................................................... 25
1.8 Arts education in schools ...................................................................................... 26
1.9 Preschools.............................................................................................................. 29
1.10 Compulsory Schools ............................................................................................ 34
1.11 Upper secondary schools .................................................................................... 34
1.12 Music Schools .......................................................................................................35
1.13 Art and dance schools ......................................................................................... 45
1.14 Aims: Why have the arts? ................................................................................... 48
Chapter 2: World Benchmarking ....................................................... 53
2.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 51
2.2 World standards: Defining the alpha of quality arts education ........................... 51
2.3 The nature of quality ............................................................................................ 52
Chapter 3: Responses to quality ....................................................... 53
3.1 Introduction – Overall statements about quality .................................................. 53
3.2 Active partnership ................................................................................................. 53
3.3 Opportunities for public performance, exhibition and/or presentation .............. 61
3.4 Development in specific art forms and creative approaches to learning ............. 67
3.5 Provision for critical reflection, problem solving and risk taking .......................... 70
3.6 Flexible organizational structures and permeable boundaries ............................. 73
3.7 Accessibility for all ................................................................................................. 74
3.8 Detailed assessment, reflection and evaluation strategies.................................... 79
3.9 Ongoing professional development ....................................................................... 82
Chapter 4: Other factors .................................................................. 88
4.1 Education in and through the arts ......................................................................... 88
4.2 Profiling the school and the importance of school leadership ...............................92
4.3 The role of parents ................................................................................................. 93
4.4 Youth centres and the views of children and young people .................................. 95
4.5 Creative Industries ................................................................................................. 97
Chapter 5: So? Taking the longer view ............................................. 104
5.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 104
5.2 Teacher education ................................................................................................ 104
5.3 Quality monitoring ............................................................................................... 110
5.4 Other matters ....................................................................................................... 112
5.4.1 Gender ………....................................................................................................... 113