A Broad and Balanced Curriculum in Primary Schools

Susan Ogier is Senior Lecturer and Subject Co-Ordinator of Art and Design Education at University of Roehampton, UK.

Introduction: Understanding the context of children’s lives: Supporting holistic education - Susan Ogier and Tony Eaude
PART 1 Understanding the context of children’s lives
1. Resourcing the spirit of the child: Creativity in the contemporary classroom - Kate Thorpe
2. Creating a space for exploring self identity - Rachel Mason
3. Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Development - Tony Eaude
4. Child mental health and the role of the arts - Susan Ogier
5. Philosophy and Learning to Think - Aimee Quickfall
6. Developing a supportive ethos for all learners - Carrie Winstanley
PART 2- Making Learning Meaningful: Teaching and assessing a broad and balanced curriculum
7. Learning to Enquire: The role of the humanities - Tony Eaude
8. Stranger Things in the classroom: Drawing inspiration from children’s visual culture - Robert Watts
9. Writing as an art form: an author’s perspective - Michael Rosen
10. Learning to thrive with nature - Tessa Willy, Richard Dunne and Emilie Martin
11. Balancing the equation - Pinky Jain
12. Connecting STEM with the Arts: because it makes sense - Susan Ogier and Nick Corston
13. Assessing the whole child - Maria Vinney
PART 3- The Reflective Teacher: Developing as a professional in the primary classroom
14. The teacher’s palette: Creative and holistic learning spaces - Genea Alexander and Julie Sutton
15. The personal in the professional - Teresa Cremin
16. Differing views of Professionalism: Implications for primary teachers - Tony Eaude
17. The creative teacher: Agency and empowerment - Kate Thorpe
18. Myth busting in the contemporary primary classroom - Robert Morgan
End piece: Looking back and looking ahead - Susan Ogier and Tony Eaude