Arts Integration in Education is an insightful, even inspiring investigation into the enormous possibilities for change that are offered by the application of arts integration in education. Presenting research from a range of settings, from preschool to university, and featuring contributions from scholars and theorists, educational psychologists, teachers and teaching artists, the book offers a comprehensive exploration and varying perspectives on theory, impact and practices for arts-based training and arts-integrated instruction across the curriculum.
Upper elementary to middle-grade level student learning is relatively understudied and this work contributes across fields of special education and urban education, as well as arts education.
Emphasizing the value of collaboration among teachers, artists, educational leaders, and community partners, the book draws on the broad range of experiences of the authors, who came together as a working group of the Arts Education ...
... NAME: SCHOOL AND GRADE: DISCIPLINE AREA(S): PROJECT GOAL(S): PROCESS AND STEPS: Flowers by Georgia O'Keeffe Ana Hernandez Valley Center Upper Elementary, Grade 4 Science / visual arts Creative expression of artist's flowers Students ...
" ... Guide to arts integration, across the curriculum in grades K-12 ... based on 6 years of arts integration in the Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE)"--Back cover
Upper elementary to middle-grade level student learning is relatively understudied and this work contributes across fields of special education and urban education, as well as arts education.
This book invites readers to consider the possibilities for learning and growth when artists and arts educators come into a classroom and work with teachers to engage students in drama, dance, visual art, music, and media arts.
Readers will find strong, empirically tested models of arts integration to inform curriculum development and teacher professional learning. “This book affirms an ideal of helping more school children and communities realize the importance ...
Through case studies of prominent multistakeholder partnerships—including the Education Cannot Wait Fund and Global Partnership for Education—as well as a comprehensive analysis of the global education network, this book exposes clear ...
This book is designed to assist pre-service and in-service classroom teachers in weaving music, visual arts, drama, and movement into the elementary school curriculum--thereby stimulating the learning process, enriching other subject areas, ...
The authors share arts-integrating practices across the K-8 curriculum and describe how the arts offer an entry point for gaining insight into why and how students learn.