Starcatchers is delighted to be working with Professor Aline-Wendy Dunlop and her colleagues from the University of Strathclyde Department of Education who will be developing and reporting on a new action research project for us.

The new action research project is rooted in the work that Susan Young and Niki Powers did on the pilot project.  The report from the pilot project can be downloaded from here

The focus of the new research is divided into five overlapping areas:

• Where the study sits within performing arts theory and early childhood research
• The exploration of 'process' and 'product approaches to the development and creation of performances for very young children
• The perceptions of the artists of their creative processes
• The parents and carers' perceptions of the performances
• The contribution of children as well as the impact upon them through engagement with Starcatchers activities

A summary of the University of Strathclyde research can be downloaded here. 
For more information, please contact Rhona Matheson on 07739 504958.

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