The Arts in Education TIG was born in the ETEN conference in Macedonia 2005, and has since been a popular TIG for those teachers and professors who love the arts!

The Arts in Education TIG is looking into why we as educators are teaching arts skills and together we are researching how arts are integrated in kindergartens, schools, social-work and universities all over Europe (and sometimes the world).
How does our different national cultures interact with the way we look at arts-education and why is it important to meet arts alle the way through life, both as a kid, young adult or if you, as an adult, need social assistance? How can art become part of everyone’s everyday life? – and what does art do for each individual citizen? What do teachers and social workers need to know about art when they leave our educational institutions, so that they will be able to use aesthetics actively in their working lives? We try to find some of the answers – and learn more about arts in education I Europe.

The Arts in Education TIG welcomes all arts, from film and media to visual art and performance arts or a combination of all. In the coming year we focus on the issues; How do we teach, to teach, arts in practice? How can we in a multi-cultural society enrich and develop the lives and experiences of the pupils/students?
Perhaps you have a view or an experience you would like to share with the rest of us? We look forward to meeting you.

In the Arts-Tig we look forward to interesting and active presentations, discussions and workshops. If you intend joining us, you must be prepared to sing, play, create images, acknowledge your emotions, and possibly dance! …. And most years we also, as a group, join a local cultural event on a half day excursion.

Tig leaders:

Mitte Marie Wagner
Assistant professor, University College Copenhagen, Denmark
Department of Early Childhood and Social Education
Regional project coordinator for PlayArt
+45 41898804
mmw@kp.dk

Jorinde Jonker
Assistant professor, Thomas More Hogeschool, Rotterdam, Nederlands j.jonker@thomasmorehs.nl