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722 gap statements mined from Art Education and Development papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 10,513 papers on the topic — drawn mostly from each paper's own stated research gap, future-work, challenge and limitation notes, and its abstract. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one.

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  • Future research should investigate the implementation of AI-mediated heritage storytelling in museums and preschool classrooms, examining its effects on children’s narrative development, cultural understanding, creative expression, engagement, and inclusion.

    AI Avatar Storytelling as a Mediator of Visual Folk Heritage in Early Childhood Education · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research should explore how these attitudes evolve over time and what pedagogical strategies can best support students in integrating AI without compromising their creative identity.

    Negotiating creator identity: agency and ethical awareness in AI-assisted art education · 2026 · DOI

  • The lack of innovative teaching methods in art education. The need for interactive learning models in education. The potential of Virtual Reality to enhance public art and environmental literacy.

    Integrating Virtual Reality into Art Education: Enhancing Public Art and Environmental Literacy Among Technical High School Students · 2025 · DOI

  • Future research should consider incorporating mixed-methods approaches and broader datasets to better understand the effects of arts integration across diverse educational settings. One major limitation of this study is the lack of randomized allocation of classes to control and trial groups, which affects the quasi-experimental design and potentially impacts the comparability of the groups.

    The Role of the Arts in the Classroom: Does Integration of the Arts Promote Social Relationships in the Classroom? · 2024 · DOI

  • Future research should investigate the long-term impacts of arts integration and include perspectives from teachers and parents to develop a holistic understanding of its influence on social dynamics.

    The Role of the Arts in the Classroom: Does Integration of the Arts Promote Social Relationships in the Classroom? · 2024 · DOI

  • Despite the growing interest in performance related anxiety, little is known on how creative-specific anxieties such as drawing anxiety affects the creative performance of visual arts students especially in Sub-Saharan Africa such as Ghana and even more so at the senior high school level.

    Exploring the impact of drawing anxiety on the creative performance of senior high school visual arts students in Ghana · 2026 · DOI

  • While emerging technologies have garnered significant attention in educational contexts, research on virtual reality (VR)-based intangible cultural heritage (ICH) instruction within design curricula remains underexplored, underscoring the necessity for innovative approaches.

    BRIDGING VIRTUAL REALITY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE EDUCATION: A MULTIMODAL APPROACH FOR ENHANCING COGNITIVE OUTCOMES IN VISUAL COMMUNICATION DESIGN · 2026 · DOI

  • A limitation of this study is that these needs and challenges might not be applicable to all settings and countries.

    E-Learning Canvases: Navigating the Confluence of Online Arts Education and Sustainable Pedagogies in Teacher Education · 2024 · DOI

  • The current understanding of visual literacy and its development in children is limited. The paper identifies a gap in the integration of cognitive, emotional, and spatial dimensions of learning.

    Sandbox Thinking · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research can apply the generative conditions framework to different educational contexts. It can examine the impact of relational conditions on generative learning in various settings.

    Art as a generative mediating space: a configurable framework for adolescent affective–sexual learning · 2026 · DOI

  • Existing affective-sexual education practices often have limitations in addressing complex issues. There is a need for a theoretical reconceptualization of the role of arts-based practices.

    Art as a generative mediating space: a configurable framework for adolescent affective–sexual learning · 2026 · DOI

  • It also highlights the need for a reconstruction of the evaluative logic, aligned with the nature of artistic knowledge.

    EVALUATING ART IN BASIC EDUCATION: HISTORICAL AND CONCEPTUAL TENSIONS OF A DISCIPLINE UNDER CONSTRUCTION · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research could explore the application of disability justice frameworks in a variety of artistic and design contexts. Future research could examine the impact of community-led and participatory approaches on the creation of more inclusive and accessible environments.

    Disability Aesthetics in Contemporary Art and Design: Representation, Access, and Inclusive Practice · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper identifies a gap in the existing literature on disability aesthetics, highlighting the need for a more nuanced and critically engaged understanding of the intersection of representation, access, and inclusive practice. The paper notes that existing approaches to disability aesthetics often prioritize either representation or access, rather than integrating both dimensions.

    Disability Aesthetics in Contemporary Art and Design: Representation, Access, and Inclusive Practice · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a lack of understanding of the correlation between arts and craft activities and vocational skills development. There is a need for research on the impact of arts and craft activities on vocational skills development.

    Arts and Craft Activities as Correlate to Vocational Skills Development of Primary School Pupils in the English-Speaking Regions of Cameroon · 2026 · DOI

  • The need to generate espacios in the entornos educativos where discursos feministas can be constructed. The lack of methodologies for discussing hierarchies in education in the context universitario.

    Performance, ritual y feminismo: conocimiento encarnado en el contexto universitario · 2026 · DOI

  • Further studies can investigate the long-term effects of the integration between Art and Physical Education. Research can explore the application of this integration in different educational contexts. Studies can examine the impact of this integration on student outcomes and teacher professional development.

    INTEGRAÇÃO ENTRE ARTE E EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA NO ENSINO MÉDIO · 2026 · DOI

  • The need to overcome the 'inner critic' that can limit the use of drawing in research. The challenge of recognizing and valuing the relational and emotional aspects of drawing as a research practice.

    Dare to Draw in Academia · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper does not explicitly state future research directions. However, it highlights the potential of embodied, arts-based, and participatory approaches to research to reach out and involve participants in a decolonising research practice.

    Embodied, arts-based and participatory research · 2026 · DOI

  • The study highlights the challenges faced by migrants, including administrative limbo, limited access to services, racialized discrimination, and precarious living conditions. The study notes the need to address the asymmetries that shape the migrant experience and influence access to rights.

    Decolonial Arts-Based Social Work and Education with Migrants in Spain: A Rights-Based Approach · 2026 · DOI

  • The study identifies a gap in the approach to migration, which has been focused on structural, legal, and policy frameworks. The study!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Decolonial Arts-Based Social Work and Education with Migrants in Spain: A Rights-Based Approach · 2026 · DOI

  • The performance was developed in a reduced context due to limited difusión of the convocatoria. The number of participants was limited, which may have affected the results.

    Performance, ritual y feminismo: conocimiento encarnado en el contexto universitario · 2026 · DOI

  • There remains limited research that satisfies Head Start’s call for specific approaches for supporting DLLs’ “full and effective”…

    Guided Drawing with Preschool Dual Language Learners in Head Start: Building Science Vocabulary and Content Knowledge · 2024 · DOI

  • The lack of integration of videogames into painting practice - The need for a pluralistic approach to storytelling - The importance of challenging oppositional…

    Analogising Art Practice as Gameplay · 2026 · DOI

  • Further exploration of the use of drawing in different research contexts. The development of new methods and approaches for using drawing in research.

    Dare to Draw in Academia · 2026 · DOI

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Open questions raised by papers listed on this page include: (1) Future research should explore how these attitudes evolve over time and what pedagogical strategies can best support students in integrating AI without compromising their creative identity (“Negotiating creator identity: agency and ethical awareness in AI-assisted art…”, 2026); (2) Future research can apply the generative conditions framework to different educational contexts (“Art as a generative mediating space: a configurable framework for adolescent…”, 2026); (3) Future research could explore the application of disability justice frameworks in a variety of artistic and design contexts (“Disability Aesthetics in Contemporary Art and Design: Representation, Access,…”, 2026); (4) There is a lack of understanding of the correlation between arts and craft activities and vocational skills development (“Arts and Craft Activities as Correlate to Vocational Skills Development of…”, 2026); (5) The lack of methodologies for discussing hierarchies in education in the context universitario (“Performance, ritual y feminismo: conocimiento encarnado en el contexto…”, 2026). 722 gap statements have been mined from Art Education and Development papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 10,513 papers on the topic; the gaps come from whichever of those papers state one. They are mostly the research gaps the authors state and the papers' abstracts, plus future-work, limitations and challenges passages. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one, so you can read the original claim in context.

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