In the Library, if you want to browse, here are some shelf ranges that might be appropriate. If you need help, ask us!
Class N – Fine Arts
Class T - Technology
Subclass TR – Photography and Animation
Class L - Education
Just a few books in our collection:
Education and the Arts by
How do the arts and education interact? What is 'arts education' and what it is for? This book takes a broad look at the policy and theoretical contexts of education and the arts, particularly in the context of Scotland's innovative Curriculum for Excellence. Tensions exist between process and product. Is arts education intended to produce artists? Is it a means of producing audiences? Or is it another way to motivate learners? What does 'creativity' mean and how do current definitions impact curricular practice in arts subjects and in subjects not traditionally linked with the arts? In a wide ranging review of the issues and tensions of contemporary policy and practice, author Beth Dickson offers a distinctive analysis of arts education, its purpose, and its role. Education and the Arts will appeal to students, teachers, and policy-makers concerned with the role of arts education. (Series: Policy & Practice in Education - No. 22)
Framing Education as Art by
This book champions the arts as essential to the K-12 educative process. Exploring apparently oppositional approaches to the arts and their role in education, it provides both an overview of arts learning in and out of school as well as a set of artful lenses through which to regard non-arts teaching and learning. With strong implications for practice, the work celebrates inquiry and multiple perspectives as it explores a range of reflections on art, artistry, artists, art education, and the methods and results of arts-related educational research. Featuring discussions and illustrations of selected works of art by children and professional artists, the text: offers practical ideas for thinking of the arts as a model for improving teaching and learning in schools; reaches beyond arts educators and advocates to include those who have no experience in the arts; includes a broad vista of settings for arts teaching and learning, including non-arts classrooms, schools that focus on the arts, community art centers, and art museums; and examines lessons from urban community art centers with a history of working successfully with, and providing safe havens for, disenfranchised students.
Contemporary Issues in Art Education by
An anthology based on contemporary art issues being addressed in the art world, in critical theory, in education and in art education, Contemporary Issues in Art Education provides a complex of conceptual frameworks within three sections—theoretical frameworks, content, and pedagogical strategies. The contributors—art educators from the United States and Canada— suggest in both theoretical and practical terms ways to teach art that explore issues such as personal identity, difference, visual culture and the popular media, the environment, aging, and narrative, as well as examining issues of race, gender, and ethnicity. The readings provide an issues-based approach to art education and address schooling as socialization, issues as content and context, the traditions of art education, educational theories, visual art and visual culture. For future and current art educators and others interested in teaching art to children.
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