International Yearbook for Research in Arts Education 5/2017

Teunis IJdens (Hrsg.)

Teunis IJdens, Dr., is a sociologist and policy analist. He studied graphic design at the Academies of Art in Arnheim and Enschede and sociology at the University of Nijmegen. He has worked as a researcher at the universities of Tilburg and Rotterdam. He published numerous studies and evaluation and monitoring reports on cultural and arts policies. Since 2008 he was employed by the Center of Expertise for Cultural Education (Cultuurnetwerk Nederland) and its successor the Netherlands Centre of Expertise for Cultural Education and Amateur Arts (LKCA) as a researcher, head of the research department, policy analist and editor. He co-founded the European Network of Observato-ries in the Field of Arts and Cultural Education (ENO).

Ben Bolden (Hrsg.)

Dr. Benjamin Bolden, music educator and composer, is an associate professor and the UNESCO Chair of Arts and Learning in the Faculty of Education at Queen's University, Canada. His research interests include the learning and teaching of composing, creativity, arts-based research, pre-service music teacher education, teacher knowledge, and teachers' professional learning. As a teacher, Ben has worked with pre-school, elementary, secondary, and university students in Canada, England, and Taiwan. Ben is an associate composer of the Canadian Music Centre and his compositions have been performed by a variety of professional and amateur performing ensembles.

Ernst Wagner (Hrsg.)

Ernst Wagner is working as lecturer and senior-researcher at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. Educated as an art-teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and graduated with a Ph.D. in Art History at the University of Munich, he had been teaching at schools for many years. At the Bavarian Institute for School Quality he was responsible for art, film and drama education. Ernst chaired the European Network for Visual Literacy in 2016-2017 and co-ordinated the development of the Common European Framework for Visual Literacy. His research is focused on Visual Literacy, Museum and Heritage Education/Art History, and Intercultural Communication. He has published over 300 books and chapters in seven languages.