The Creative Learning Project: Defining the National Gallery of Australia's Creative Learning Approach

This guide describes the outcomes of a collaborative 15-month research project between the University of Canberra (UC) and the National Gallery of Australia. Titled The Creative Learning Project, it sought to co-create a tailored learning approach for the National Gallery underpinned by research. A research team from the Faculty of Education at UC was contracted to co-construct a pedagogical approach with the Gallery’s Learning Team drive the project to articulate, define and position the National Gallery’s pedagogical approach in a national and international context. The aim was to create a model that could be applied to the Gallery’s education programs onsite, offsite and online. To achieve these aims the UC Research Team used co-design as a method to identify shared goals, develop guiding principles and co-construct a pedagogical approach with the Gallery’s Learning Team.