en-quire
inspiring learning in galleries
PRESS RELEASE
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enquire about en-quire at www.en-quire.org
engage’s new en-quire programme – working with schools, galleries, and universities in London, the North East, and on the South Coast – is presented on the new website www.en-quire.org.
en-quire is an 18 month action-research programme funded by England’s Departments for Culture and Education [DCMS/DfES], and delivered by engage with Arts Council England [ACE] and the Museums Libraries and Archives Council [MLA]. Objectives are set out in the new en-quire leaflet which describes the research focus, and the projects chosen by each of the three en-quire clusters.
New collaborations between teachers, artists, university researchers and gallery educators have been set up by en-quire to offer exciting learning experiences for pupils – and to research the special benefits of working with the visual arts and galleries, in the context of the MLA’s Inspiring Learning framework, identifying key learning outcomes.
en-quire has run initial ‘bench-marking’ focus group discussions where young people identified benefits from participating in gallery education projects:
“It helped my grade go up”
”It has helped me to accept other views that I did not agree with”
“I enjoyed experimenting and the challenge of not knowing how to do things.”
A teacher commented “taking young people out of the classroom shifts attitudes. The young people relax and so do the teachers – ‘conventions’ of school life take a back seat”.
engage’s programmes currently include: en-vision, action-research into galleries’ work with young people at risk in England; Collect & Share,promoting lifelong learning in museums and galleries in Europe; research and advocacy with Creative Partnerships, Scottish arts Council, DCMS/DfES; training and CPD including the Making Connections seminar series.
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Press: Barbara Taylor (en-quire Programme Director) 07770 526 387
Christopher Naylor (engage Director) 020 7 244 0110
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engage is the lead membership body in the UK promoting education and access to the visual arts and galleries in the UK. engage has nearly 1500 members – arts centres, artists studios, galleries and museums – in the UK and internationally. Founded in 1988, engage currently runs training and support for the profession, action-research, advocacy and international networking. See www.engage.org; 0207 244 0110.
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- Collect & Share –International Conference 14-18 June 2005, Moderna Museet, Stockholm Contact [log in to unmask]
- International Summer School 5-8 July 2005, Lake Maggiore, Italy
- en-quire –national action research programme exploring the special contribution of galleries and the visual arts to learning 2004 – 2006 in South East, London and North East www.en-quire.org
- Watch this Space –School secondments for gallery educators and gallery placements for teachers to build skills and to develop new links with non-visiting schools 2005 - 2006 [log in to unmask]
- engage Journal 17 Regeneration –published July 2005 [log in to unmask]
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