Arts and Cultural Education in Iceland : Professor Anne Bamford
Arts and Cultural Education in Iceland : Professor Anne Bamford
Arts and Cultural Education in Iceland : Professor Anne Bamford
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In visual arts we ma<strong>in</strong>ly assess accord<strong>in</strong>g to a pupils <strong>in</strong>terest <strong>and</strong> progress. Teachers need to be taught more<br />
<strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> creative ways to assess <strong>and</strong> evaluate. There are new laws for assessment. Hopefully this will make<br />
assessment more mean<strong>in</strong>gful.<br />
Generally <strong>in</strong> Icel<strong>and</strong>, school evaluation is an <strong>in</strong>ternal process. The process seems to be<br />
detailed <strong>and</strong> generally rigorous at all levels of school<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong> the afterschool music <strong>and</strong> arts<br />
schools. Parents <strong>and</strong> children are generally consulted. Interview <strong>and</strong> survey are the most<br />
common methods used <strong>in</strong> evaluation. Systemic improvements could be made with greater<br />
<strong>in</strong>clusion of peer evaluation (e.g. colleagues from other schools be<strong>in</strong>g part of the evaluation<br />
team) <strong>and</strong> by mak<strong>in</strong>g summaries of the evaluation reports more publicly available.<br />
Figure 3.8.1 Has the school been evaluated (Dance schools)?<br />
In response to the follow<strong>in</strong>g question, “Is an official description of the school's <strong>in</strong>ternal<br />
evaluation publicly accessible?” the results for dance (figure 3.8.2) show that 75% is not<br />
available.<br />
Figure 3.8.2 Evaluation data is generally not open to the public (Dance schools).<br />
Generally, though parents do get the opportuntity to be part of evaluation processes as Figure<br />
3.8.3 shows for dance schools.<br />
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