Delivering Authentic Arts Education

This market-leading practical text helps student teachers develop their confidence, understanding and skills to effectively and authentically teach arts. With a strong balance between theory and practice, Delivering Authentic Arts Education outlines the true nature of arts education and its importance in the curriculum, emphasising the arts as forms of creative activity, meaning-making and expression in a cultural context. Chapters discuss how to recognise and build on your existing artistic abilities and pedagogical skills, how to encourage children's creativity, how to lead arts appreciation experiences, and the general principles of planning and assessment. Part 2 specifically examines the five arts areas: dance, drama, media arts, music and visual arts. The final part of the text, Units of Inquiry, contains valuable sample learning activities and resources that demonstrate how to plan an effective lesson within a unit of inquiry.

Arts learning in an integrated curriculum

Intro -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Imprint Page -- Brief contents -- Contents -- Guide to the text -- Guide to the online resources -- Introduction -- Is this book for you? -- How this text is organised -- Pedagogical tools -- Terminology -- References -- About the author -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1: The ABC of arts education -- Chapter 1: Putting you in the picture -- the rationale and context for arts education -- The arts are integral to human existence -- The evolution of arts education as societal needs and values shift -- Reasons for arts education in the past

Introduction of the Australian Curriculum as part of a reform agenda -- Research and policy behind recent developments -- International research and policy directions -- Australian research and policy perspective -- Evolving understandings about the arts -- Developing children's capabilities for the new era through The Arts -- Visual and multimodal communication skills -- Navigational approaches to learning -- Flexible thinking and problem solving -- Negotiating learning relationships -- Collaboration and teamwork -- Cultural competency

Developing dispositions for thinking and acting sustainably -- Instrumen…