1;Contents;8§2;Executive summary;10§2.1;Objectives;10§2.2;Methods;11§2.3;Conclusions/Observations;12§2.4;Quality Education and Education for All: The role of the arts;13§3;Acknowledgements;16§4;Preface;18§5;Chapter 1: The arts are intrinsic;20§5.1;Introduction;20§5.2;Arts education involves;21§5.3;Starting point for the research;24§5.4;Organisation of the book;25§6;Chapter 2: Social, political and historical context for thinking about arts education;30§6.1;Introduction;30§6.2;Social and historical influence on arts education;31§6.3;Challenges in arts education;38§7;Chapter 3: Underpinning research;42§7.1;The data;42§7.2;The analysis;44§7.3;Problems concerning quantitative interpretation;45§8;Chapter 4: The scope and nature of arts education;48§8.1;Introduction;48§8.2;What does art education include?;49§8.3;Who is responsible for supporting arts education?;53§8.4;Responsibilities for arts education policy;58§8.5;The place of arts education in the curriculum;60§8.6;Arts education policy;62§8.7;The role of arts education policy in general education policy;67§8.8;Distinction between education in the arts and education through the art;71§9;Chapter 5: Arts education in practice;74§9.1;Introduction;74§9.2;The arts learning environment;74§9.3;Responsibilities for delivery of arts education programmes;75§9.4;Teacher education;80§9.5;Arts education s contribution to teacher professional development;84§10;Chapter 6: Goals and indications of quality in arts-rich education;86§10.1;Introduction;86§10.2;Quality Education and Education for All: The role of the arts;87§10.3;Characteristics of quality arts education;89§11;Chapter 7: The impact of arts education;104§11.1;Introduction;104§11.2;The goals of arts education;104§11.3;Arts-rich education improves achievement in the arts;105§11.4;Arts education s contribution to improved student educational attainment and academic achievement;108§11.5;Arts education s contribution to improved student attitude;116§11.6;Arts education and the community;123§11.7;Arts education, imagination and creativity;129§11.8;Arts education, health and well-being;134§11.9;Arts education and technology;138§12;Chapter 8: Conclusions and future directions;140§12.1;Introduction;140§13;References;152§14;Index;156§15;Appendix One: Copy of survey;158§16;Appendix Two: List of responding countries, ministries and/or organisations;173§17;Appendix Three: Research case study titles listed by country (these are in addition to the surveys and research listed in Appendix 2);177§18;Appendix Four: Other countries also consulted (not survey respondents);179