ABSTRACT

When originally published this was the first book to offer a collective history of all the arts – Art, Drama, Dance, Music, Literature and Film – in the curriculum. It also offers a coherent framework for the teaching of arts which is in line with the best current trends since the Gulbenkian Report of 1982. It insists that the arts, seen together should be an essential part of the national curriculum.

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

part 1|60 pages

Confronting the Crisis within the Arts

chapter 1|58 pages

Towards a Coherent Arts Aesthetic

part 2|30 pages

The Arts in Education: Their Collective History and their Future Development

part 3|6 pages

Into the Future

chapter 8|4 pages

A Brief Concluding Manifesto