Education through the Arts for Well-Being and Community examines Sir Alec Clegg's distinctive contribution to education reform. Revisiting the significance of Clegg's principles for education in the 21st century, the book investigates the impact of his innovative approach to education and his advocacy of an arts-based curriculum to promote physical and mental health.

The book explores a variety of perspectives on Clegg's working relationships, career and achievements. Sir David Attenborough's foreword remembers his uncle Alec as a lively young teacher, and Sir Tim Brighouse considers Clegg as a model for his own leadership in educational reform. Eight authors in all bring a range of academic and professional insights to this study of an exceptional educationalist.

Clegg's national influence as Chief Education Officer in Yorkshire and his impact on schools, teacher education and wider communities through an integrated approach to the arts are richly illustrated in text and pictures. Two aspects of his work have particular topical relevance: Clegg's emphatic concern for 'children in distress'; and his encouragement of creativity through teacher education.

This book will be of great interest for academics, scholars and students in the field of the history of education, educational policy and reform, and all concerned with the role of schools in young people's development.

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National Arts Education Archive, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Introduction: The vision of Alec Clegg, educational leadership and dissemination
Chapter 1 Alec Clegg: A model of educational leadership in practice?
Chapter 2 Creativity and redemption: The work of Alec Clegg in post-war England
Chapter 3 Reporting in images: Portraying progress in West Riding education
Chapter 4 Progressivism and art in the West Riding: The role of its Chief Education Officer
Chapter 5 Arts education and oracy with Muriel Pyrah in the West Riding, 1967–1972
Chapter 6 Movement and dance in schools
Chapter 7 Bretton Hall: Teacher training through the arts
Chapter 8 Global travel and exchange in promoting ‘a change of heart towards children’
Chapter 9 Children in distress and their need for creativity: A psychotherapeutic perspective
Chapter 10 The timeliness of Alec Clegg
Conclusion: The legacy of Alec Clegg
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