Why our schools need the arts
This inspiring book leads the way to a new kind of advocacy-one that stops justifying the arts as useful to learning other subjects, and argues instead for the powerful lessons that the arts, like no other subject, teach our kids. Jessica Hoffmann Davis, a leading voice in the field of arts education, offers a set of principles and tools that will be invaluable to advocates already working hard to make the case and secure a strong place for the arts in education. She also reaches out to those w…
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- Full title :Why our schools need the arts / Jessica Hoffmann Davis.
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This inspiring book leads the way to a new kind of advocacy-one that stops justifying the arts as useful to learning other subjects, and argues instead for the powerful lessons that the arts, like no other subject, teach our kids. Jessica Hoffmann Davis, a leading voice in the field of arts education, offers a set of principles and tools that will be invaluable to advocates already working hard to make the case and secure a strong place for the arts in education. She also reaches out to those who care deeply about education but have yet to consider what the arts uniquely provide. This book is for anyone willing to brave a new terrain in which the arts are finally embraced without apology.
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- Publication Date:©2008
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Teachers College Press
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2008
The Physical Object
- Description:ix, 150 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780807748343, 080774834X, 9780807775455, 0807775452
- oclc:ocn159921877
- LC Classification:LB1591.5.U57
- Dewey Decimal:700.71
Table of Contents
The lay of the land. Prelude : what's the difference between science and art? ; Examples of the arts in education ; Responding to objections to the arts in education : lessons from out of school -- The case for the arts in education. Prelude : why must we justify the arts in terms of non-arts learning? ; Introducing unique features of the arts and what students learn -- Advocating for the arts in education. Prelude : might failure work as a platform for arts in education advocacy? ; What counts as advocacy ; Practical challenges ; Advocacy don'ts and do's -- With an eye to the future. Prelude : on painting with a young child ; In sum -- Reconmmended resources : arts in education advocacy organizations.
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