Readings in Primary Art Education

Steve Herne is a senior lecturer in art in education at Goldsmiths, University of London. Sue Cox is a senior lecturer in the School of Education and Life-Long Learning at the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom. Robert Watts is a senior lecturer in art and design education at Roehampton University.

Introduction: Research in Primary Art Education - Page 9 - Steve Herne, Sue Cox and Robert Watts Chapter 1: 'Art in the Primary School: Towards First Principles' - Page 21 - Geoffrey Southworth Chapter 2: 'Art and the Pre-Adolescent Child - Applying Witkin's Theory of Subjective-Reflexive Action' - Page 33 - Frank Dobson and David Jackson Chapter 3: 'Marion Richardson' - Page 55 - Bruce Holdsworth Chapter 4: 'An Analysis of the Presentation of Art in the British Primary School Curriculum and its Implications for Teaching' - Page 73 - Jenny Hallam, Helen Lee and Mani Das Gupta Chapter 5: 'In Search of a Curriculum Model for the Primary Schools' - Page 83 - Gillian Figg Chapter 6: 'Compatibility; Incompatibilty? Froebelian Principles and the Art Curriculum' - Page 103 - Margaret Payne Chapter 7: 'Breadth and Balance? The Impact of the National Literacy and Numeracy Strategies on Art in the Primary School' - Page 117 - Steve Herne Chapter 8: 'Changing Views of Childhood and their Effects on Continuity in the Teaching of Drawing' - Page 127 - Sheila Paine Chapter 9: 'How Children Use Drawing' - Page 139 - Dennis Atkinson Chapter 10: 'Teaching Children to Draw in the Infants School' - Page 153 - Maureen Cox, Grant Cooke and Deirdre Griffin Chapter 11: 'Conversations around Young Children's Drawing: The Impact of the Beliefs of Significant Others at Home and School' - Page 169 - Angela Anning Chapter 12: 'Intention and Meaning in Young Children's Drawing' - Page 185 - Sue Cox Chapter 13: 'Originalities and Originals, Copies and Reproductions: Reflections on a Primary School Project' - Page 197 - Anthony Dyson Chapter 14: 'Art Learning in Developmental Perspective' - Page 207 - Norman Freeman Chapter 15: 'Teaching Now with the Living: A Dialogue with Teachers Investigating Contemporary Art Practices' - Page 219 - Tara Page, Steve Herne, Paul Dash, Helen Charman, Dennis Atkinson and Jeff Adams Chapter 16: '5 x 5 x 5 = Creativity in the Early Years' - Page 231 - Mary Fawcett and Penny Hay Chapter 17: 'Tutition or Intuition? Making Sketchbooks with a Group of Ten-Year-Old Children' - Page 247 - Gillian Robinson Chapter 18: 'An Art Enrichment Project for Eight to Ten-Year-Olds in the Ordinary Classroom' - Page 259 - Angela Martin Chapter 19: 'Electronic Paint: Understanding Children's Representation through their Interactions with Digital Paint' - Page 269 - John Matthews and Peter Seow Chapter 20: 'Attitudes to Making Art in the Primary School' - Page 287 - Robert Watts Chapter 21: 'Room 13: One Artist, 11 years, One School' - Page 301 - Anna Harding