Creating Meaning Through Literature and the Arts: An Integration Resource for Classroom Teachers

Creating Meaning Through Literature and the Arts: An Integration Resource for Classroom Teachers
ISBN-10
0131718789
ISBN-13
9780131718784
Series
Creating Meaning Through Literature and the Arts
Category
Literary Criticism / General
Pages
434
Language
English
Published
2007
Publisher
Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall
Author
Claudia E. Cornett

Description

For pre-service and graduate level courses in Arts Integration, Art Methods, Music Education, Drama Education, Dance Education, and Literacy Block Courses. Are you looking to learn a new way to engage and motivate K-12 learners including those who are gifted, at-risk, or who have special needs? The new edition of this best selling text on arts-based teaching redefines literacy to include the arts (literature, drama, dance, and music) as a way to understand the world and express oneself. This research-based arts instruction provides teachers with a way to engage and motivate all learners, cultivate a positive classroom environment, and encourage life-long learning. Begin using arts-based instruction in your classroom immediately through an Arts Integration Blueprint comprised of 10 building blocks for arts-based instruction that includes collaborative unit planning, best arts-based teaching practices, and assessment for learning. Five Seed Strategy chapters provide a compendium of activities to use literature, art, music, drama, and dance as everyday teaching tools. literacy needed by classroom teachers (as outlined in the new INTASC standards). This is a must-have resource for teachers who want to use the arts to motivate students and enhance achievement.

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