Covers the contribution of arts to children's learning from Art and Design, Design for Technology to Drama and Music. The book also looks at the state of the arts in primary schools, and includes an evaluation of the relationships between the arts and those moral, spiritual, cultural and social values which impinge on all aspects of the arts and arts education. Each subject within the arts curriculum is considered separately to illustrate the general and specific issues which influence the work of the class teacher. The book also takes on the current thorny issue of assessment, recording and reporting, offering strategies for ways of responding to children's work, and suggestions for accumulating evidence on which to base assessment.

Mary Kear, Gloria Callaway

Part I Common issues; Introduction: developing primary practice in the arts, Gloria Callaway; Chapter 1 The arts in the primary school, Gloria Callaway, Mary Kear; Part II Art forms; Chapter 2 Drama: narrative as a unifying theme in the arts, Mary Kear; Chapter 3 Music education: elements for personal, social and emotional development, Jane Tarr; Chapter 4 Talking with children about art, Gloria Callaway, Mary Kear; Chapter 5 The role of dance education in cultural development, Nick Clough, Jane Tarr; Chapter 6 Arts and information and communications media, Richard Eke, Terry Taylor; Part III Celebrating the arts for everyone; Chapter 7 Inclusive education and the arts, Jane Tarr, Gary Thomas; Chapter 8 Public events in school, Mary Kear, Gloria Callaway;