Arts in Education Research Projects
2002-2008

As part of our partnership with Department of Education, Maui District, in the Kennedy Center’s Partners in Education program, Maui Arts & Cultural Center has conducted research for the past six years at three schools on Maui.

Pōmaika‘i Elementary School
Pōmaika‘i Elementary School (K-5) is the first school in the State of Hawai‘i to fully implement an arts integrated curriculum. Our multi-year project began in Fall 2007, and allows the Hawai’i ’95 Team to observe and document the impact of arts integration in a whole school model. Learn more here.

Kihei Elementary School
This project began in fall 2005, was completed in spring 2007, and focused on the effects of a specific creative writing program along with visual arts lessons. Learn more here.

Kula Elementary School
From fall 2002 to spring 2005, ten teachers engaged in action research. Learn more here.

For more detailed information on the Kula & Kihei School Action Research Project, view/download our:
5-Years of Research - PDF file
or
Waking up the Imagination through Image Making - PDF file

For information on national research in arts education,
go to www.ape-arts.org

For more information, contact Susana Browne at susana@mauiarts.org