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This case study reports three specific kinds of impact: on the development of Key Stage 5 (AS and A level) curricula; on the practice of Key Stage 5 teachers; on the choices and interests of students (which in turn contributes to impact on curriculum design). Interventions through publications, workshops, committee membership and consultancy have helped to shape developments for many years. Key beneficiaries of this work are students, teachers, examiners and curriculum designers. The work has had particularly significant impact at Key Stage 5, although some of the activity is relevant at earlier stages.
`Scenes of Provincial Life' exemplifies the practice based research of M. Szpakowski. It was ground breaking in its presentation of "art" video on the world wide web, and involved both conceptual and technical experimentation/research/ development which fed into other activities and outcomes offline, which then fed back into the work itself. The sequence generated offline presentations including 78 screenings of works from the sequence in the period Sept 2009 - Dec 13 at film festivals and galleries on 5 continents, fed into a substantial body of applied work with school students (2 DVDs and a CD ROM, screenings at the BFI and the Shortwave Cinema) and informed Szpakowski's approach as editor in chief, co-curator and writer on the pioneering online curated video resource DVblog (2005 - the present). This research has also fed into writing on short form and online video for the journal MIRAJ and for Furtherfield, the leading UK digital arts platform. It is important to note that, although this document covers the period 2009 -13 the project began in 2002/3, assuming its current format in 2006.
This case study details the impact of Sounds of Intent, an internationally unique project concerned with music and children with special needs. It fills a gap in educational provision by:
- mapping the musical development of children with learning difficulties;
- providing a curricular framework and readily accessible means of recording attainment and progress, thus;
- enabling teachers to improve practice, so;
- maximising pupils' opportunities for musical engagement and learning.
The Sounds of Intent website was launched early in 2012, using innovative software, and initiating a national programme of dissemination. By the end of July 2013 the site had attracted almost 3 million visitors from all over the world, who had downloaded nearly 400,000 resources. The impact on children in England can be gauged by the fact that 350 practitioners (representing almost 100 of the 500 or so schools offering specialist learning difficulties provision) were undertaking assessments and using the system to plan music curricula for their pupils.