About the Author

Larry O’Farrell is Professor emeritus and holder of the UNESCO Chair in Arts and Learning, Queen’s University, Canada, Chair, Board of Directors, Canadian Network for Arts and Learning and Chair, Steering Committee, International Network for Research in Arts Education, and served as President of the International Drama/Theatre and Education Association. Larry is Honorary Professor at the Hong Kong Institute of Education and recipient of the Campton Bell Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Alliance for Theatre and Education. Shifra Schonmann is Professor Emerita, holder of the Bar-Netzer Chair of Education, Society and Theatre for Young People at the University of Haifa, Israel. The continuing areas of her research are: aesthetics, theatre-drama education, theatre for young people, curriculum, and teacher education. She has published numerous articles as well as books, including: International yearbook for research in arts education, Vol. 3, Th e wisdom of the many – Key issues in arts education (Waxmann). She is an invited speaker in international conferences, a member of the Editorial Board of several leading journals and a member of INRAE’s steering committee. Ernst Wagner, wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter an der Akademie für Bildende Künste in München, Projekt BKKB: Bildkompetenz in der Kulturellen Bildung: „Was ist und wie fördert man Bildkompetenz?“ Entwicklung eines Messinstruments und Untersuchung der Unterrichtsqualität.