John Howlett is Lecturer in Education at Keele University, UK, where he is also Programme Director for undergraduate education. He is the author of Progressive Education: A Critical Introduction (Bloomsbury, 2013) and Edmond Holmes and Progressive Education (Routledge, 2017).Amy Palmer is Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies at the University of Roehampton, UK. She co-edited, with Jane Read, British Froebelian Women from the Mid-Ninetieth to the Twenty-First Century (Routledge, 2021).

• Introduction: Themes in Arts Education, 1890–1950.- Chapter 1: Cecil Sharp (1859–1924): Advocate for Folk Song and Folk Dance Education in Schools and the Community.- Chapter 2: Stewart Macpherson (1865–1941): The Rise of the Musical Appreciation Movement in Britain.- Chapter 3: Walter Carroll (1869–1955): Setting the Tone for Local Education Authority Advisers.- Chapter 4: Alice Gomme (1853–1938): Conserving a Nation Through Children’s Games.- Chapter 5: Harriet Finlay-Johnson (1871–1956): The Drama of Education.- Chapter 6: Henry Caldwell Cook (1886–1939): Play, Performance and the Perse.- Chapter 7: Harry Peach (1874–1936): The Materiality of Arts and Crafts Education.- Chapter 8: Marion Richardson (1892–1946): When Idea and Expression are One.- Chapter 9: Seonaid Robertson (1912–2008): The Transformation of ‘Chaotic Experience’ Through Arts Education.- Conclusion: Arts Education Today.