> I am a primary teacher in England. At the moment I am researching for a
> masters degree and gathering information for my dissertation the title of
> which is 'Display in the Primary School.'
>
Sorry it took so long - I am trying to pack up my room, parent volunteers
are painting it this summer and I want as much out as I can. Usually I just
put a note up that says "Be back in the morning" and then leave it up all
summer....
Believe it or not I rented a storage place for a couple of months - but boy
does the room look good! Okay, presentable. Fine, you can see the floor.
Anyway - a couple of years ago at the Science conference Heinemann was
giving out a book called "Creative Display and Environment" by Margaret
Jackson. I don't know if anyone else mentioned it. But I just found my
copy. It reminds me of a Czech book I have on teaching children to paint..
Chapters are:
A pressing need: why display and environment for learning matter
Displays and the art of displaying
Resources for display
Developing a curriculum-based display project (my note - looks like a
combination performance assessment and installation art).
Creating displays - the ways and the means
It talks about the nuts and bolts (shelving, lettering etc...)
and the aesthetics.
References note the Reggio Emilia approach, and includes Gardner.
"...this book make clear that display is not window dressing; it is the
basis of a very real part of education."
