Research Degree: Education, Practice and Society

我的研究旨在了解艺术组织和学校之间的互动，通常被认为是社会流动的举措，可能会通过他们合法化的文化和知识形式来延续现有的不平等。这存在于教育和社会学的ESRC职权范围的交叉点，并有可能通过检查班级等因素如何影响学校学生参与特定学科，为UCL（ASPIRES和青年公平+ STEM）的ESRC资助的平行项目做出贡献。它进一步基于艺术教育部门八年的专业经验，承诺一个至关重要的主题和实时网络，以促进成果的获取和传播。提出了一个三阶段的研究。首先，艺术组织的映射，学校解剖，第二，由学生，学校工作人员和艺术组织教育工作者的这种互动的理解的探索。第三，透过布迪厄的场域、惯习、资本等概念，分析上述数据，将揭示出每个群体所拥有的资本，以及它们在艺术组织与学校互动中所扮演的角色。除了有助于确定的文献空白（包括Z世代和阿尔法世代对“艺术和文化”的概念化以及对艺术组织与学校互动的剖析），结果还有望产生具体的行业影响。这可能包括艺术机构评估和教育计划设计的晴雨表，为艺术教育工作者提供了解学生观众的实用培训，或为未来的研究提供方向。这项研究的明确定义的产出与ESRC 2022-2025战略优先事项“影响和参与”相一致，承诺在艺术和教育政策，第三部门艺术和教育组织以及艺术企业中实现资金价值，希望为扩大青年进入英格兰文化产业做出有意义的贡献。

My study aims to understand how interactions between arts organisations and schools, often posited as initiatives for social mobility, may instead perpetuate existing inequalities through the types of culture and forms of knowledge that they legitimise. This exists at the intersection of the ESRC remits of education and sociology, and has potential to contribute to parallel ESRC-funded projects based at UCL (ASPIRES and Youth Equity + STEM) through examination of how factors such as class may impact school student participation in specific disciplines. It is further based on eight years of professional experience within the arts education sector, promising a vitally important topic and live networks for facilitating access and distribution of results. A three stage study is proposed. First, a mapping of the arts organisation-school anatomy and second, an exploration of the understanding held by students, school staff and arts organisation educators of this interaction. Third, analysis of the above data through Bourdieu's concepts of field, habitus and capital will reveal the capitals possessed by each group and the role they play within the arts organisation-school interaction. As well as contributing to identified literature gaps (including Generation Z and Generation Alpha conceptualisation of 'arts and culture' and an anatomy of arts organisation-school interaction), results promise concrete industry impact. This could include a barometer for arts organisation evaluation and design of educational programmes, practical training for arts educators in understanding student audiences or providing direction for future studies. The clearly defined outputs of this research align with ESRC 2022-2025 strategic priorities of 'Impact and Engagement', promising value for money across arts and education policy, third sector arts and education organisations and arts businesses hoping to contribute meaningfully to expanding youth access to England's cultural industries.