Unfolding Creativity

Drawing on case studies, this volume looks back at the educators who shaped arts teaching in Britain between 1890 and 1950. Its focus falls on music, drama, and the visual arts and crafts, and on how these pioneers built new methods that valued the child's own expression.

Contributors look closely at the convictions behind this work. Particular attention goes to how the figures understood identity and nationhood, and what they meant by 'good taste' when deciding what children should make and learn.

The book also asks how such ideas travelled from one teacher or institution to another, and it questions what 'influence' really means in the history of educational theory and classroom practice.