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Contents
Working with the arts: a universal right and benefit
Joan Parr, guest editor.
Valuing creative art in childhood
The arts are a basic human need and form the foundation of development, learning – and life itself. Colwyn Trevarthen and colleagues discuss.
Art for art’s sake?
Richard Holloway argues for the intrinsic value of the arts and play.
Rethinking ‘art’
Two experts offer contrasting perspectives on why the language of art is central to how it is articulated and understood by children.
Curriculum table
The Courage of Dreams
Vea Vecchi introduces the history, rationale and contribution to learning of the atelier in Reggio Emilia, in Northern Italy.
Transforming reality
Ana Angélica Albano reflects on the importance of art as a language and how good artistic education uncovers and maintains it.
A place for the arts
How a small community in Norway uses its local environment to stimulate and present the arts.
Generations togetherExamples of intergenerational arts projects from the UK.
Only a click awayElisa Marques and Pedro Sousa show how the Internet can alter education, giving children access to artistic resources.
A curriculum for creative art and craft
Great importance is attached to aesthetic activities in the education of Danish pedagogues, as Ida Berendsen explains.
It’s great to have the Culture Team
Annika Claesdotter visits the Culture Team, who provide inspiration, tools and support to preschool teachers in Halmstad, Sweden.
Workforce table
Focus on…Music in Palestine
The arts can make an important contribution to childhood, even in the most difficult of circumstances.
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