Education through the Arts for Well-Being and Community: The Vision and Legacy of Sir Alec Clegg (Progressive Education) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0367331365 ISBN 13: 9780367331368

Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

Education through the Arts for Well-Being and Community examines Sir Alec Clegg’s distinctive contribution to education reform. Revisiting the significance of Clegg’s principles for education in the 21st century, the book investigates the impact of his innovative approach to education and his advocacy of an arts-based curriculum to promote physical and mental health.

The book explores a variety of perspectives on Clegg’s working relationships, career and achievements. Sir David Attenborough’s foreword remembers his uncle Alec as a lively young teacher, and Sir Tim Brighouse considers Clegg as a model for his own leadership in educational reform. Eight authors in all bring a range of academic and professional insights to this study of an exceptional educationalist.

Clegg’s national influence as Chief Education Officer in Yorkshire and his impact on schools, teacher education and wider communities through an integrated approach to the arts are richly illustrated in text and pictures. Two aspects of his work have particular topical relevance: Clegg’s emphatic concern for ‘children in distress’; and his encouragement of creativity through teacher education.

This book will be of great interest for academics, scholars and students in the field of the history of education, educational policy and reform, and all concerned with the role of schools in young people’s development.

About this title

About the Author

Catherine Burke is Professor Emerita of the History of Education at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK.

Peter Cunningham is an Emeritus Fellow of Homerton College, University of Cambridge, UK.

Lottie Hoare is a Teaching Associate at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367331365
• ISBN 13: 9780367331368
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 24
• Editor: Burke Catherine, Cunningham Peter, Hoare Lottie