Richard Hickman is Reader in the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK, where he is a Fellow of Homerton College.

'This is a serious book that seeks to jolt some art and design teachers out of a rut, emphasising throughout the need for purposeful enquiry, risk-taking and creative opportunity.' TES

• Foreword: Paul Duncum; Introduction: Richard Hickman; 1. Meaning, Purpose and Direction; Richard Hickman; 2. Contemporary Art in Schools; Lesley Burgess and Nicholas Addison; 3. Art Education and the Art Museum; Colin Grigg; 4. Ways of Not Seeing: Education, Art and Visual Culture; Howard Hollands; 5. Changing Practices: Art Education and Popular Visual Culture; Darren Newbury; 6. Bite the ICT Bullet: Using the World Wide Web in Art Education; Andy Ash; 7. Critical Studies: Values at the Heart of Education?; Michele Tallack; 8. The Meaning and the Value of Craft; Rachel Mason; 9. Art Education and Spirituality; James Hall; 10. Diverse Directions: Visual Culture and Studio Practice; Richard Hickman