Title: Embedded creative workers and creative work in education
Abstract:This article is concerned with the many connections between creative work and workers, and education work and industries. Employment in the education sector has long been recognised as a significant e...This article is concerned with the many connections between creative work and workers, and education work and industries. Employment in the education sector has long been recognised as a significant element in creative workers’portfolio careers. Much has been written, for exam-
ple, about the positive contribution of ‘artists in schools’ initiatives. Australian census analyses reveal that education is the most common industry sector into which creative workers are ‘embedded’, outside of
the core creative industries. However, beyond case studies and some survey research into arts instruction and instructors, we know remarkably little about in which education roles and sectors creative workers are embedded, and the types of value that they add in those roles and
sectors. This article reviews the extant literature on creative work and workers in education, and presents the
findings of a survey of 916 graduates from creative undergraduate degrees in Australia. The findings
suggest that education work is very common among creative graduates indeed, while there are a range of motivating factors for education work among creative graduates, on average they are satisfied with their careers, and that creative graduates add significant creative-cultural and
creative-generic value add through their work.Read More
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-07-04
Language: en
Type: article
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