Arts education provides students with opportunities to build knowledge and skills in self-expression, imagination, creative and collaborative problem solving and creation of shared meanings. Engagement in arts education has also been said to positively affect overall academic achievement and development of empathy towards others. This book provides key insights from stakeholders across the teaching and learning spectrum and offers examples of pedagogical practice to those interested in facilitating arts education.

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Dr Narelle Lemon is an associate professor in education at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. Narelle's research agenda is focused on engagement and participation in the area of building learner capacity to engage with cultural organizations and community arts programmes, arts education and social media for professional development including Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and blogging. She is especially focused on social photography and the generation of visual narratives to share lived experiences. Narelle blogs at Chat with Rellypops, Tweets as @Rellypops and curates a project to promote stories of how creativity, self-care and mindfulness are applied to people's lives from various disciplines in the community at @ExploreAndCreateCo.

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Chapter 1: Listening to Stories: A Framework and Introduction to Why It Is Important to Really Hear What Happens in Arts Education - Narelle Lemon, Susanne Garvis and Christopher Klopper

Chapter 2: The Lived Experience: Finding Joy Through Working in the Arts - Christopher Klopper

Chapter 3: Twitter for Arts Community Collaborations and Networking: Social Impact of Fostering Partnerships - Narelle Lemon

Chapter 4: Building Capacity and Confidence Through Arts-Based Learning Experiences: A Whole-School Approach - Christopher Klopper

Chapter 5: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed but Not Blue: The Educational Impact of the Arts - Susanne Garvis and Christopher Klopper

Chapter 6: 'Whose Art Is It - Mine, Yours or Ours?': Exploring Ethical Impact - Susanne Garvis

Chapter 7: Money Makes the World Go Round: The Economic Impact of Arts in Education - Susanne Garvis

Chapter 8: Innovative Partnerships: Opportunities to Create, Make, Explore and Respond in the Arts - Narelle Lemon and Susanne Garvis

Chapter 9: Transforming Pedagogy from Listening to Young People's Voices: Catalytic Impact on a Gallery - Narelle Lemon

Chapter 10: Pitfalls and Speed Bumps of Being an Arts Educator: Risk and Negative Loss Impact - Narelle Lemon and Susanne Garvis

Chapter 11: Conclusion: Parallels, Overlaps and Potholes in Sharing Stories: 'Which Way From Here?' - Narelle Lemon, Susanne Garvis and Christopher Klopper