Dr. Theisje van Dorsten

I am an assistant professor in arts education. My research mainly focuses on the cultural skills of children and adolescents and the role the arts can play in their development. I regularly collaborate with schools (for pupils with and without special needs), cultural institutions and other societal partners in the arts education field. By working closely together with these partners and combining theories and methods from various disciplines, such as arts and culture studies, developmental and evolutionary psychology, anthropology, neuroscience, educational science and semiotics, I aim to contribute to a more profound, theory and evidence-based understanding of the arts and imaginative thought and behaviour. I hold a BA and MA in Arts and Culture (University of Maastricht), an MA in World Art (University of East Anglia), and a PhD in Culture and Cognition (University of Groningen).

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2024

Weber, M., van Klaveren, L.-M., Schino, G., van Dorsten, T., van Heusden, B., & Cox, R. F. A. (2024). Art experiences and sense-making throughout developmental stages. Poster session presented at 1st Annual Conference on Aesthetic Development, Frankfurt, Germany.

Schino, G., Pathare, S., van Klaveren, L.-M., van Dorsten, T., van Heusden, B., & Cox, R. F. A. (2024). The role of emotions in sense-making with art: an interdisciplinary study. Poster session presented at 2024 Biennial Congress of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

Schino, G., van Klaveren, L.-M., Pathare, S., van Dorsten, T., van Heusden, B., & Cox, R. F. A. (2024). The Role of Emotions in Sense-Making with Art: An Interdisciplinary Study. 65. Poster session presented at XXII International Conference on Perception and Action (ICPA), Trondheim, Norway.

van Klaveren, L.-M., Schino, G., Gallegos González, H., van Dorsten, T., van Heusden, B., & Cox, R. F. A. (2024). Towards a framework of aesthetic and artistic sense-making: threefold beauty. Poster session presented at XXII International Conference on Perception and Action (ICPA), Trondheim, Norway.

2023

van Dorsten, T., & van Klaveren , L.-M. (2023). Cultuuronderwijs inzichtelijk: ontwikkeling en evaluatie van TRACE. Cultuur+Educatie, 21(62), 80-98.

van Klaveren, L.-M., van Dorsten, T., & van Heusden, B. (2023). Mapping Pupils’ Cultural Consciousness: Design and Evaluation of a Theory-Based Survey. In E. Schurig, & A. Lehmann-Wermser (Eds.), Aspects of multiculturalism in arts education: Proceedings German-Dutch Colloquium on Research in Arts Education (Forschungsbericht ed., Vol. 33, pp. 78-89). Institute for Music Education Research Hannover University of Music Drama and Media. https://www.ifmpf.hmtm-hannover.de/de/publikationen/forschungsberichte/forschungsbericht-33/

2021

van Dorsten, T. (2021). Verbeelding in beeld. Cultuur+Educatie, 56.

2015

van Dorsten, T. (2015). Mirrors in the making: Culture, education, and the development of metacognition in early and middle childhood (4-10). [Thesis fully internal (DIV), University of Groningen]. University of Groningen.

2013

van Heusden, B. P., Copini, E. J., van Dorsten, T., & Ekster, W. J. (2013). Kultur im Spiegel. Die Gestaltung eines einheitlichen Lehrplanes für Kulturunterricht. In K. Bering, S. Hölscher, R. Niehoff, & K. Pauls (Eds.), Visual Learning. Positionen im internationalen Vergleich (pp. 357-364). (Artificium, Schriften zu Kunst und Kunstvermittlung; No. 46). Athena.

2011

van Heusden, B. P., van Dorsten, T., Copini, E. J., & Ekster, W. J. (2011). Kultura w lustrze / Culture in the Mirror. In M. Szpiler (Ed.), Kompetencje w kulturze / Competences in culture. Post Conference Publication (pp. 58-62; 299-302). Narodowe Centrum Kultury / National Centre for Culture.

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