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This chapter explores arts education in Australia through the S.P.A.C.E. ontology. Using studioFive within the Melbourne UNESCO Observatory of Arts Education at the University of Melbourne as a case study, this chapter foregrounds a multidisciplinary facility that offers numerous semiotic affordances, research-oriented processes, and ways to extend into intercultural research. Through such research capacity building, a broad aim of studioFive is to provide mentoring of next generation of arts-based educational researchers, to establish partnerships for further theory development, and to push the boundaries of research methodologies through which to surface and share the power of the arts in education and culture. studioFive is a purpose-built site for multi-modalities and cross- and interdisciplinary teaching, learning and research in arts education at the University of Melbourne. This chapter extends on this and advocates for an education-based approach, which considers the enactment of the Australian Curriculum, arts-based initial teacher education, the continued professional learning of teachers and the potential for intercultural, international research in, through and across the arts.
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The Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expression was adopted by UNESCO in 2005.
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In the Victorian Curriculum F–10, ‘The Arts’ include Dance, Drama, Media Arts, Music, Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design. http://victoriancurriculum.vcaa.vic.edu.au/the-arts/introduction/about-the-arts.
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The authors would like to acknowledge the significant collaborations that have continued with all members of the Arts Education team, through their teaching, research and engagement, and the wider Melbourne Graduate School of Education for their support in the marketing, management and administration of studioFive. A special acknowledgement is given to Ben Lornie, the architect who led the development of studioFive. Last but not least, we are grateful for the digital knowledge and expertise provided by Cameron Mitchell and Reggie Bowman.
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Wright, S., Coleman, K. (2019). studioFive—A Site for Teaching, Research and Engagement in Australian Arts Education. In: Lum, CH., Wagner, E. (eds) Arts Education and Cultural Diversity. Yearbook of Arts Education Research for Cultural Diversity and Sustainable Development, vol 1. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8004-4_11
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