For pre-service and graduate courses in Art Integration, Art Methods, Music Education, Drama Education, Dance Education, and Literacy Block Courses
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The most comprehensive text on arts integration in the market, this bestseller redefines literacy in light of the 21st century need for multiple literacies.
This best selling text on arts-based teaching redefines literacy in light of the 21st century need for multiple literacies. The most comprehensive text on arts integration in the market today, it provides an overview of academically linked research in five arts areas: literary arts, visual art, drama, dance, and music. Intended as a complete introduction to how to meaningfully use the arts as teaching tools on a daily basis in every curricular area, the book focuses on two main premises: 1) the arts are vital communication tools needed succeed in today’s educational and career environment and 2) creative inquiry is at the heart of solving contemporary problems, including boosting world economies, and can be taught; arts integration (AI) is a proven approach.
Organized around WHAT, WHY and HOW questions, the book tells the story of how arts integration (AI) has grown so much in a few decades using the story of hundreds of arts-based schools-old and new, public, magnet, and charter, today’s. Each AI school story draws upon cutting edge research, evolving state standards, and constructivist beliefs to transform teaching and learning. This is the perfect teaching and learning package. Here’s why:
It’s the most comprehensive treatment of the five art forms featured in arts integration-literary arts, visual art, drama, dance, and music-considered the bible of arts integration by previous edition users.
It includes a number of tools built into the book to assist readers, including: Table of Figures; classroom Clips, Snapshots, and Spotlights; Bolded Strategies; Website Citations.
It’s organized to describe
what arts integration is includes,
why AI is now an important school reform, and
how it can be variously implemented.
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