UK (Welsh) Team

Abstract

Work in Wales took place between October 2016 and July 2017. The Welsh Team undertook the second round of pedagogical redesign and data collection as part of the Lead Creative Schools national scheme, a partnership programme between the Welsh government and the Arts Council of Wales. The project only involved public schools. The intervention was based on the Creative Partnerships approach (see Chapter 3 for more information on the signature pedagogies), with teacher professional development delivered by the Wales programme team in partnership with Creativity, Culture and Education, and the use of the “Creative Habits of Mind” rubric (see Chapter 2) by teachers rather than the OECD rubric. The intervention with students consisted of interdisciplinary creative projects developed in collaboration with artists with a literacy or numeracy focus. It lasted 6-12 weeks over the spring.