Steve Herne Dip AD ATC MPhil
Steve is a Lecturer in Art in Education at Goldsmiths College, University of London where he was formally responsible for the general, specialist and studio practice art courses within the Primary BA(Ed.) programme. He currently coordinates and teaches on, the Creativity and Learning, Visual Arts and Studio Practice courses on the Education, Culture and Society (ECS) BA(Hons) programme. He also contributes to the MA Artist Teachers and Contemporary Practices.
He has an MPhil in Education from London University and studied fine art at Bath Academy of Art. Formerly Curriculum Advisor for Visual Arts in Tower Hamlets, he has taught art in schools in Avon and London, as a Head of Art in two, having gained a ATC at the University of Wales. He has served as an Education Advisor to the London Arts Board, was a Co-Editor of The International Journal of Art & Design Education (iJADE).
Research interests
His research interests include curriculum studies, situated learning, communities of practice, museum and gallery education, artists in schools and arts education evaluation. He has undertaken a variety of commissioned research and evaluation projects concerning the visual arts in education. He is a member of the Centre for Arts and Learning research group.
Recent Funded Research Projects/Consultations
2005/06 NESTA, Goldsmiths College & Tate Modern Research Project: Teaching, Learning and Communicating through Contemporary Art Practices. (with Jeff Adams, Dennis Atkinson, Paul Dash, Tara Page, Goldsmiths and Helen Charman, Kelly Worwood, Tate Education).
2005/06 HEARTS Project (Higher Education, the Arts and Schools) with (Celia Burgess Macey, John Potter, Maggie Rogers and Jenny Griffiths) Funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, the National Endowment for Science, Technology & the Arts (NESTA) and the Teacher Training Agency
2005 Evaluation of Religion & Place: Schools Project Pilot at Mulberry School, organised by
The Building Exploratory, Hackney with English Heritage
2004 Evaluation of: ahah! identity and signage project for Sebright School, London Borough of Hackney, Audrey Street E2. Funded by the Arts Council of Great Britain
Selected publications
(2009) Readings in Primary Art Education. Herne, S., Cox, S., Watts, R. (Eds.) Bristol, Intellect. ISBN 978-1-84150-242-7
(2008) Carnival in the Curriculum: the HEARTS Project at Goldsmiths, University of London 2005-2006. Herne, S., Burgess-Macey, C. Rogers, M. The International Journal of Art & Design Education, NSEAD ISSN 1476-8062 (Print) ISSN 1476-8070 (Online) Vol 27.3 pp 264 – 278.
(2007) ‘Teaching Art and Design 3-11’ Cox, S., Grahame, J., Herne, S., McAuliffe, D. and Watts, R. London & New York, Continuum.
(2006) ‘Communities of Practice in Art and Design and Museum and Gallery Education’. Pedagogy, Culture & Society. ISSN 1468-1366 Vol 14 No1. pp1-17
(2005) ‘Download: Postcards Home. Contemporary art and new technology in the primary school’. International Journal of Art & Design Education, Vol 24 No1.
(2001) with McLaren, J. ‘A Toe in the Water: introducing exhibitions on video with young people at the Whitechapel Art Gallery’, International Journal of Art & Design Education, Vol 20 No3. 284-295
(2000) ‘Breadth and Balance? The Impact of the National Literacy and Numeracy Strategies on Art in Five London Primary Schools’, International Journal of Art & Design Education Vol 19 No2. 217-223