Consultative Committee on the Curriculum Item Bank. The Scottish Art and Design Collection (incorporating the Collections of National Society for Education in Art and Design Scottish Region and Stuart W MacDonald), Glasgow, Scotland

The collection consists of material from the various educational forums and committees with which Stuart W MacDonald was involved. This includes: Consultative Committee on the Curriculum Item Bank 1982-1990. Consultative Committee on the Curriculum Item Bank, originally held in Dundee.This was established to provide resource materials for schools in art and design. It was incomplete upon deposit upon comparison with the printed catalogue. No attempt has been made to arrange the item bank as per the catalogue, since the catalogue had no logical or explained arrangement itself. Material is catalogued at item level, and includes some slides and a video, as well as study packs, teachers notes, examples of the kind of work produced in the schemes and teaching aids.

Category D Material

DC 8/2/1/60 not dated Exhibition Pack

Includes "Masks, Helmets & Headgear -A Design

Activity Unit"; "Masks -A Design Activity Unit" with slides;

"The Beach & Seashore" with slides ; "The Natural Environment" with slides

Stuart W MacDonald was the Senior Advisor for the Strathclyde Region Educational Development Service . Part of his role as senior advisor was to sit on various educational committees and forums including the Consultative Committee on the Curriculum Item Bank - an art projects resource bank for schools.

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No known copies

There are no physical characteristics that affect the use of this material

This material has been appraised in line with Glasgow School of Art Archives and Collections standard procedures.

Unknown. Immediate source of acquisition, deposited by Stuart W MacDonald, Senior Advisor for Strathclyde Region Educational Development Service, February 1995.

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