Schools and cultural organisations have collaborated together to develop arts-based learning programmes in schools. At a first glance, this model seems beneficial as these initiatives increase students’ opportunities to access the arts and foster their creative expression, whilst pupils also acquire soft skills and strengthen their ability to work collaboratively. However, as one examines this matter closer, it becomes evident that certain aspects involved in the development of these partnerships are animated by motivations that transcend the ones circumscribed in widening students’ opportunities in creative learning. This dissertation is the result of an ethnographic study of a music and a dance initiative delivered in partnership between cultural organisations and schools across Greater London. Through constant comparison of the data, three themes surfaced as the principal categories animating arts-based learning in schools developed in partnership with cultural organisations: - Artistic partnerships maximise the creative potential and soft-skills acquisition of students. - Cultural organisations established an asymmetric relationship with their educative partners. - The motivations of cultural partnerships are dictated by priorities that transcend educational objectives. The analysis adopts Bourdieusian theory, mainly Bourdieu’s notion of cultural capital, to examine the way in which creative learning is introduced in schools. Furthermore, a Bernsteinian framework is employed to analyse the pedagogy that arts initiatives under the direction of artist-teachers enforce in the classroom. Moreover, the study contributes to arts learning and creative partnerships by providing recommendations that encourage participatory and collaborative practice in future endeavours.

En la decoración de interiores los muebles y objetos desempeñan un papel fundamental. Este libro describe y enseña las diferentes técnicas y los procesos para restaurar y renovar piezas de mobiliario y objetos de madera. Tras un capítulo sobre los materiales y las herramientas básicas se trata el material más importante, la madera: las diferentes especies y las presentaciones más usuales, así como los problemas que la afectan y las soluciones que conviene adoptar. Seguidamente, se muestran los procesos y técnicas más habituales que se emplean para renovar o restaurar una pieza de madera, poniendo especial énfasis en los problemas más usuales. Para finalizar, los dos últimos capítulos muestran, paso a paso, algunas intervenciones sobre diferentes tipos de muebles y objetos: primero se presentan diversos ejercicios de restauración, donde es posible encontrar diferentes soluciones, y a continuación otra serie de ejercicios prácticos de renovación, en donde las soluciones adoptadas pueden servir de fuente de inspiración para desarrollar nuestra creatividad.