Approach

The project is informed by a synthesis of theories of youth participatory action research, Theory of Change, pedagogies of care, love and enchantment, pedagogies of past, present and the imagined future, and the more-than-human approach. This conceptual framework invites a reflexive and in-depth exploration of children and young people’s complex everyday realities, while offering opportunities for creative self-expression and meaning-making, participation, skills-development, and relationship-building.

ALPHABETICA will take a transformative approach by:

  • Providing qualitative and quantitative data on attitudes towards and perceptions of arts by children, families, educators and policymakers.
  • Using participatory and caring approaches and pedagogies to provide an evidence-based assessment of the instrumental outcomes of arts-based education, their transformative impact, and their transferability to children and young people’s other life domains.
  • Taking and teaching a caring approach that through arts-based education will sustain a commitment to lifelong learning.
  • Providing evidence-based recommendations for policy action