Why Our Schools Need the Arts

Name: Why Our Schools Need the Arts
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ISBN: 9780807748343

ISBN-10: 080774834X

ISBN-13: 9780807748343

Edition: 2008

Authors: Jessica Hoffmann Davis, Michael Fullan

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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!

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Publication date: 12/30/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 6.15" wide x 9.00" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.726



Acknowledgments


Introduction



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


Recommended Resources: Arts in Education Advocacy Organizations


A Glossary of Arts Education Terms


Notes


Index


About the Author