Education through the Arts for Well-Being and Community

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.

• Series Editor IntroductionForeword by Sir David AttenboroughNational Arts Education Archive Introduction: The vision of Alec Clegg, educational leadership and disseminationCatherine Burke, Peter Cunningham and Lottie Hoare Chapter 1 Alec Clegg: a model of educational leadership in practice?Sir Tim Brighouse Chapter 2Creativity and Redemption: the work of Alec Clegg in post-war EnglandMartin Lawn Chapter 3Reporting in images: portraying progress in West Riding educationPeter Cunningham Chapter 4 Progressivism and art in the West Riding: the role of its Chief Education Officer Peter CunninghamChapter 5Arts education and oracy with Muriel Pyrah in the West Riding 1967–1972Lottie HoareInterlude: Art in the West Riding classroomChapter 6Movement and dance in schools Catherine Burke Chapter 7Bretton Hall: teacher-training through the arts Allie Mills Chapter 8Global travel and exchange in promoting ‘a change of heart towards children’Catherine Burke Chapter 9Children in distress and their need for creativity: a psychotherapeutic perspectiveAlison Roy Chapter 10The timeliness of Alec CleggKen Jones Conclusion: The legacy of Alec CleggCatherine Burke, Peter Cunningham and Lottie Hoare

"During his distinguished career in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Sir Alec Clegg championed the vital role of music, drama, and dance in children’s lives. In this major reassessment of his progressive legacy, Education through the Arts for Well-Being and Community reaffirms the centrality of the arts in any humane system of education."William J. Reese, Vilas Research Professor, University of Wisconsin–Madison"This is a very welcome and necessary book that not only draws together and secures the work of Sir Alec Clegg in British history of education in the UK, but also demonstrates its continued international relevance and usefulness at this crucial point in the history of our planet."Helen Pheby PhD, Head of Curatorial Programme, Yorkshire Sculpture Park"Alec Clegg was a gifted, charismatic, innovative teacher and public administrator. This collection of reflections on his personal and philosophical legacy ret urns us to a boldness of earlier times that is at risk of being forgotten – or worse, distorted – by current rigid dogmas on teaching and learning. English public education has a long history of arts-rich practice, imaginative teaching in the humanities and honouring children’s broader well-being. Alec Clegg is a vital part of that history. Any student, teacher, leader or parent who wants to learn from, and draw on, such understandings needs to read this book."Melissa Benn is a writer, journalist and campaigner"It’s a real jewel of a volume, packed with essays and illustrations about the importance of the arts in education and … I, for one, can’t wait to see all this potential unlocked and the place for this unlocking to begin is in the classroom or, often, in less informal educational settings."McMillan, Ian. (2022). Why Sir Alec Clegg’s legacy must live on when it comes to education of our children. The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved from https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/columnists/ian-mcmillan-why-sir-alec-cleggs-legacy-must-live-on-when-it-comes-to-education-of-our-children-3767922