Evaluations

Serious Play: an evaluation of arts activities in Pupil Referral Units and Learning Support Units

The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation commissioned the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) to conduct research into the effects and effectiveness of arts projects in PRUs and LSUs. The study was also to consider the distinctive contribution that arts activities (as compared with other curriculum experiences) might make to pupils’ educational, ... read on →

Authors Caroline Gulliver, Kay Kinder, Anne Wilkin (National Foundation for Educational Research)

Published 2005

Artform Multi-Arts

Organisation Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

Participant type Male and Female Child School pupils, Male and Female Adult Staff

Sample size: 49

Creating Chances: Arts interventions in Pupil Referral Units and Learning Support Units

A ‘narrative’ evaluation giving an impressionistic account of 12 visits made to arts projects in Pupil Referral Units (PRUs) and Learning Support Units (LSUs) around the country, trying to capture the actuality of the experiences that each centre was going through. read on →

Author Richard Ings

Published 2004

Artform Multi-Arts

Organisation Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

Participant type Male and Female Child School pupils

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