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enquire research reports

Inspiring Learning in Galleries 02

This publication (2008) provides a context for the enquire programme since 2004, a summary of eleven research projects and reports, a synthesis of the research findings across the programme, and explores the outcomes and legacies. The report can be ordered through info@engage.org for £10 (including P&P), or individual sections downloaded here.

Key findings and executive summary
Background and context
Scientific report
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Outcomes, legacies, implications
References and notes

Inspiring Learning in Galleries 02: research reports

The full research reports from phase 2, 2006-8, can be downloaded here or a hard copy can be ordered through info@engage.org for £12.50 (including P&P).

East
London
North East (phase 2.1)
North East (phase 2.2)
North West (Liverpool)
North West (Manchester)
South East
South West

Inspiring Learning in Galleries

The phase 1 (2004-6) research reports were published as Inspiring Learning in Galleries in 2006, which can be ordered through info@engage.org for £10 (including P&P) or downloaded below.

Key Findings (Word doc.)
A summary of the key research findings from the enquire cluster projects in phase 1, 2004-6.

The Enquire Programme: Communities Of Critical Enquirers (Word doc.)
This section of the enquire research reports from phase 1, published in Autumn 2006, outlines the context for enquire, provides the aims and objectives, and describes the structure, partners and participants and the programme. It then discusses the cluster model, developing communities of critical enquirers and the associated formal and non-formal learning.

Research Report Overview (Word doc.)
Emily Pringle looks at the research context for enquire, the methodologies employed by the three phase 1 clusters in partnership with each university and discusses the research findings in relation to the Contemporary Gallery Education framework.

London cluster research report (Word doc)
Report on enquire phase 1, 2004-6, research addressing the questions "In what ways does action research as a form of pedagogic collaboration enable learning in gallery education?" and "What conditions and strategies can develop young people's critical thinking in relation to contemporary art?"

South East cluster research report (Word doc)
Report on enquire phase 1, 2004-6, research into how risk taking and experimentation contribute to the learning experience through the exchange between artist, teacher and young person, does such work offer a context for young people to find a voice and explore their identity, and at what point does a young person become responsible for their own ideas and more forward independently?

North east cluster research report (final) (PDF doc)
Report on enquire phase 1, 2004-6, research addressing the question "How do gallery learning activities contribute to participants' development of capital?"