Evaluating Creativity

""This refreshing collection presents perspectives on the best way for children to grow in the arts, in light of conflicting philosophies of creativity and debates about the purpose of teaching the arts. For example, if the goal of arts education is to serve as a platform for self-expression, does critical feedback imply judgment of the individual or the values brought to the work? Though they admit they cannot provide a unifying theory or specific policies, the authors have admirably laid the groundwork for eliminating a tragically common occurrence, 'the teacher who knows what he or she likes but can't or won't say why.' -R.F. Subotnik, CUNY Hunter College, CHOICE Dec 00'."

Julian Sefton-Green is Media Education Development Officer at Weekend Arts College. Rebecca Sinker is Research Fellow in Digital Arts at Middlesex University.

1. Introduction: Evaluating Creativity Julian Sefton-Green, Weekend Arts College 2. Art Education and Talk: From Modernist Silence to Postmodern Chatter Karen Ramey, University of East London and Howard Hollands, Middlesex University 3. Evaluation and Design and Technology John Garvey, Brunel University School of Education and Anthony Quinlan, Sudbury Junior School, Wembley 4. Writing in English and Responding to Writing Muriel Robinson, University of Brighton and Viv Ellis, University of Brighton 5. Music as a Media Art: Evaluation and Assessment in the Contemporary Classroom Lucy Green, London University Institute of Education 6. Measuring the Shadow or Knowing the Bird: Evaluation and Assessment in Drama Education John Somers, Exeter University 7. Making the Grade: Evaluating Student Production in Media Studies David Buckingham, Institute of Education University of London, Pete Fraser, Long Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge and Julian Sefton-Green, Weekend Arts College 8. Whose Art is it Anyway? Art Education outside the Classroom Rebecca Sinker, Middlesex University 9. Making Multimedia: Evaluating Young People's Creative Multimedia Production Rebecca Sinker, Middlesex University 10. From Creativity to Cultural Production: Shared Perspectives Julian Sefton-Green, Weekend Arts College