NRO review study

Researchers: Melissa Bremmer, Cock Dieleman, Folkert Haanstra, Emiel Heijnen, Ellen van Hoek, Linda Reus and Diederik Schönau

In preparation for the Arts & Culture survey, the research group is conducting a review study commissioned by the NRO. The central question what the influencing factors are with regard to learning achievement in the field of arts and culture in (the end of) primary education. Influencing factors are characteristics of education, such as knowledge and skills of teachers, the curriculum, the didactics, number of lesson hours and facilities. These influencing factors will be elaborated in the review study with regard to learning achievements per arts discipline (visual, theatre, dance and music), as well as the themes of interdisciplinarity and creativity. On the basis of this review, recommendations will be made for the new tools to be developed for the upcoming survey.

Publications

Schönau, D. (2023). Kunstzinnige oriëntatie in het onderwijs: wat werkt wel (en niet)?. Cultureel Kapitaal, LKCA.
Haanstra, F., Dieleman, C., van Hoek, E., Reus, L. & Schönau, D. Wat werkt in kunstzinnige oriëntatie? Amsterdam, NL: Lectoraat Kunsteducatie, Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten.

Biography

Diederik Schönau, art historian and cultural psychologist, is responsible as course officer for the production of final exams and assessments in visual course for the National Institute for Educational Measurement (Cito) for pre-university education (vwo), senior general secondary education (havo), lower general secondary education (mavo), prevocational secondary education (vmbo) and basic secondary education. He was involved as a trainer and adviser in the field of assessment and examining, with the implementation of the Tweede Fase (Second Stage) at schools in secondary education and employed as assessment consultant for Cito International. From 2007 to 2010, he was Professor of Arts Education at ArtEZ University of the Arts in Zwolle and involved with the knowledge circle of the Arts Education Research Group of the AHK as external adviser from 2014 to 2022. From 1999 to 2002, he was President of the International Society for Education through Art (InSEA) and from 2017 to 2021, he was board member and Chair of the European Network for Visual Literacy (ENViL).

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