Visual arts capacitate the realisation of children’s creative potential from the early age. This potential is visible through research activities of play with the use of different materials and techniques; it develops children’s visual-spatial intelligence, imagination, aesthetic perception and specific artisticexpressive abilities. Great importance for the development of children’s creativity ...

sociability of educational spaces is crucial to the quality of education because a major part of learning takes place through attending public spaces, acting in spaces, social interaction with peers, and collective life in public spaces. sociability provides for the users’ social needs. the present study seeks to explore the development of sociability in educational spaces through increasing op...

Given that attitudes play an important role in teaching and learning, it is of the utmost importance to look into teachers’ attitude towards students, especially those with special needs, and detect any differences between regular and special education teachers. To this end, a sample of 107 special education teachers’ attitude towards such students was compared to that of the same number of reg...

 Introduction: learning, the visiting experience and the art museum as educator, Des Griffin and Leon Paroissien  ‘Protecting the past, safeguarding the future’: museum studies, the profession and museum practice in Australia, Jennifer Barrett  What's driving children's cultural participation?, Barbara Piscitelli  The museum education mix: students, teachers and museum educators, Janette Gr...

In this paper I discuss the relationship between theories of identity and making practices in secondary art and design. Of particular interest is the way students are invited to explore identities in relation to a sense of self and the extent to which this is informed by schools’ concern to make diversity visible through multicultural celebration thus framing and possibly limiting exploration. ...