John Howlettis Lecturer in Education at Keele University, UK, where he is also Programme Director for undergraduate education. He is the author ofProgressive Education: A Critical Introduction(Bloomsbury, 2013) andEdmond Holmes and Progressive Education(Routledge, 2017).
Amy Palmeris Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies at the University of Roehampton, UK. She co-edited, with Jane Read,British Froebelian Women from the Mid-Ninetieth to the Twenty-First Century(Routledge, 2021).
Introduction: Themes in Arts Education, 18901950.- Chapter 1:Cecil Sharp (18591924): Advocate for Folk Songand Folk Dance Education in Schools and the Community.-Chapter 2: Stewart Macpherson (18651941): The Rise of theMusical Appreciation Movement in Britain.-Chapter 3: Walter Carroll (18691955): Setting the Tone forLocal Education Authority Advisers.-Chapter 4: Alice Gomme (18531938): Conserving a NationThrough Childrens Games.-Chapter 5: Harriet Finlay-Johnson (18711956): The Dramaof Education.-Chapter 6: Henry Caldwell Cook (18861939): Play,Performance and the Perse.-Chapter 7: Harry Peach (18741936): The Materiality of Artsand Crafts Education.-Chapter 8: Marion Richardson (18921946): When Idea andExpression are One.-Chapter 9: Seonaid Robertson (19122008): TheTransformation of Chaotic Experience ThroughArts Education.-Conclusion: Arts Education Today.