Anthony Barlow worked in primary schools for 11 years in London and Bolton before joining the University of Roehampton in 2011 to become Senior Lecturer in Geography Education. He is Vice-Chair of the Early Years and Primary Committee of The Geographical Association and has led many teacher development sessions for teachers as a primary ‘Geography Champion’. Anthony has been involved in funded projects such as Making Geography Happen (DfES) and Young Geographers (TDA). He has written a chapter in Scoffham (ed.) (2016, 2nd edition) Teaching Geography Creatively published by Routledge, and curates a website for support with teaching primary geography. He is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and is currently writing Mastering Primary Geography with Sarah Whitehouse for Bloomsbury.

Edward Dickenson began his teaching career in Japan, returning to the UK to complete a PGCE at the University of Roehampton. He has worked as a classroom teacher and art and design coordinator in inner London primary schools for many years. He was inspired by the National Gallery’s Take One Picture programme for primary schools whilst on his PGCE, and now includes gallery and museum education in his portfolio. Ed has worked for, amongst others, the Horniman Museum, Historic Royal Palaces and is currently at London’s Ben Uri Gallery & Museum.

Dr Jonathan Doherty has worked in teacher education for 20 years. Until last year he was Head of Primary Education at Leeds Trinity University and before that held senior positions at Leeds Beckett University, where he taught PE specialism courses to primary students, and at Manchester Metropolitan University. He has led many INSET days for teachers in the north of England, and was Regional Adviser for the National Strategies for 3 years. He has authored Supporting Physical Development in the Early Years; PE 3-11; PE 5-11 and contributed various chapters in books on curriculum PE. His doctorate investigated the role of critical thinking in PE and the teaching approaches that promote it. Jonathan is passionate about the role of PE in schools and in the lives of young people.

Karin Doull is a Principal Lecturer in Primary History and Holocaust Education at the University of Roehampton. She has taught in a number of London schools across the primary range. She is a member of the Primary Committee and trustee of the Historical Association. She is interested in Holocaust education and has written a wide range of papers and resources for teachers on this subject. Her most recent publication is a chapter in the book Untold Stories of the East India Company, published by Brick Lane Circle (2017). She is passionate about helping student teachers discover the excitement of teaching history.

Padraig Egan is a Senior Lecturer in Primary Science/Professional Studies in the School of Education at the University of Roehampton. Prior to this he was a Lecturer in Primary Science in the University of East Anglia. He is a qualified primary school teacher and a specialist in Early Years and KS1 phases. He is an active contributor to the Association of Primary Science Journal where he has several articles published. He also writes regularly for the Irish Science Teachers Association Journal.[Page x]

Kerenza Ghosh is a Senior Lecturer in Primary English Education at the University of Roehampton. Kerenza is currently studying for her PhD and her research is centred around the development of children’s visual literacy through comics. She has presented research papers at conferences both internationally and in the UK, and has written two published chapters: ‘Walking with Wolves: Children’s Responses to the Wolf Tradition in Stories’ (in Beyond the Book: Transforming Children’s Literature, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014) and ‘Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Responses to the Portrayal of Wolves in Picturebooks’ (in Challenging and Controversial Picturebooks: Creative and Critical Responses to Visual Texts, Routledge, 2015, edited by Janet Evans).

Alastair Greig is a Composer and Lecturer in Music Education in ITE at the University of Roehampton. He first studied composition with Oliver Knussen, then at the Royal Academy of Music, the University of Sussex and the University of Birmingham where his PhD was supervised by Vic Hoyland. He has worked with a number of composers including Hans Werner Henze, Dame Judith Weir, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Giacomo Manzoni, Klaus Huber, Fernando Maglia, Dominique LeMaitre and Michael Finnissy. His music has been performed throughout Europe, the USA, South America and Australia and is published by Composers Edition (http://composersedition.com), Edizioni Suvini Zerboni Milano (http://www.esz.it/it/) and Taukay Edizioni Musicali (http://www.taukay.it/data3/index.php?lang=en). His music has been recorded on a number of occasions including Peter O’Hagan’s 2010 CD, Chasing Boundaries (http://www.uhrecordings.co.uk/_shop/albums/UHR/Chasing-Boundaries.aspx).

Al Johnson is a politically engaged sculptor, and her work considers recent history, and the interplay between politics, power and the collective memory. She believes in the development of creativity as a founding principle of education, and in the empowerment that results from democratic participation in the arts. Al’s work has been widely exhibited, and is held in both public and private collections. Exhibitions include Reactions at the Imperial War Museum North, Flight and the Artistic Imagination at Compton Verney and Caught in the Crossfire at the Herbert Gallery, Coventry. Sculpture commissions include the Royal British Legion, the Laing Gallery, Newcastle and the London Screen Archives. Al lectures and leads demonstrations and workshops in museums and galleries, including the National Gallery, Tate Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, the British Museum, the Wallace Collection and the Royal Collection.

Alistair Lambert is a visual artist based in North West London who enjoys the challenge of collaborative projects. He believes that groups of people develop their own power within creativity, and that people of all ages are capable of amazing and unexpected outcomes, usually far exceeding their individual expectations. He has 25 years of experience in running sculpture workshops with community and school groups, creating works for private and public spaces and institutions. He works with a wide range of materials and processes in new and ambitious ways that develop skills and confidence in workshop participants. http://www.alistairlambert.co.uk

Dr Robert Watts trained, worked and exhibited as a painter before becoming a primary teacher, and taught in inner-city schools in London for 10 years. Since his appointment as a Senior Lecturer in Art and Design Education at Roehampton University in 2000, he has been Programme Convener for the MA Art, Craft and Design Education, and is currently Course Leader for PGCE Secondary Art and Design. He continues to teach and supervise students on BA and PGCE Primary Education programmes. In 2016 Robert completed a PhD entitled Children’s Perceptions of Beauty: Exploring Aesthetic Experience through Photography. The research investigated how children reflect upon and articulate their perceptions of beauty, and examined how these perceptions relate to philosophical thinking about aesthetic experience. Since 2002 he has co-edited two books on primary art education, written several articles for international journals and published over 200 creative projects and articles on education in various publications, a selection of which are available at: www.artandeducation.co.uk[Page xi][Page xii]