Arts Books

New and Published Books

1. The Arts in Education

   An introduction to aesthetics, theory and pedagogy

   By Mike Fleming

   Do the arts improve academic achievement? What does it mean to ‘teach’ art? What should the balance of classic and pop be in the music curriculum? Should we encourage young children on the stage? How do we judge whether what a child produces is good? How do we justify the arts in the curriculum?...

   Published January 30th 2012 by Routledge
2. Art and Social Justice Education

   Culture as Commons

   Edited by Therese M. Quinn, John Ploof, Lisa J. Hochtritt

   Art and Social Justice Education offers inspiration and tools for educators to craft critical, meaningful, and transformative arts education curriculum and arts integration projects. The images, descriptive texts, essays, and resources are grounded within a clear social justice framework...

   Published December 18th 2011 by Routledge
3. Art Teaching

   Elementary through Middle School

   By George Szekely, Julie Alsip Bucknam

   Art Teaching speaks to a new generation of art teachers in a changing society and fresh art world. Comprehensive and up-to-date, it presents fundamental theories, principles, creative approaches, and resources for art teaching in elementary through middle-school. Key sections focus on how children...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
4. Rethinking Contemporary Art and Multicultural Education

   2nd Edition

   By New Museum

   For over a decade, Contemporary Art and Multicultural Education has served as the guide to multicultural art education, connecting everyday experience, social critique, and creative expression with classroom learning. The much-anticipated Rethinking Contemporary Art and Multicultural Education...

   Published December 13th 2010 by Routledge
5. Teaching the Arts to Engage English Language Learners

   By Margaret Macintyre Latta, Elaine Chan

   Series: Teaching English Language Learners across the Curriculum

   Written for prospective and practicing visual arts, music, drama, and dance educators, Teaching the Arts to Engage English Language Learners offers guidance for engaging ELLs, alongside all learners, through artistic thinking. By paying equal attention to visual art, music, drama, and dance...

   Published December 12th 2010 by Routledge
6. Understanding Art Education

   Engaging Reflexively with Practice

   By Nicholas Addison, Lesley Burgess, John Steers, Jane Trowell

   What is distinctive about art and design as a subject in secondary schools? What contribution does it make to the wider curriculum? How can art and design develop the agency of young people? Understanding Art Education examines the theory and practice of helping young people learn in and beyond the...

   Published November 29th 2009 by Routledge
7. History as Art, Art as History

   Contemporary Art and Social Studies Education

   By Dipti Desai, Jessica Hamlin, Rachel Mattson

   Series: Teaching/Learning Social Justice

   History as Art, Art as History pioneers methods for using contemporary works of art in the social studies and art classroom to enhance an understanding of visual culture and history. The fully-illustrated interdisciplinary teaching toolkit provides an invaluable pedagogical resource—complete with...

   Published October 4th 2009 by Routledge
8. Creating and Sustaining Arts-Based School Reform

   The A+ Schools Program

   By George W. Noblit, H. Dickson Corbett, Bruce L. Wilson, Monica B. McKinney

   Taking a close look at the issue of the arts and school reform, this book explores in detail how the incorporation of the arts into the identity of a school can be key to its resilience. Based on the A+ School Program, an arts-based school reform effort, it is much more than a report of a single...

   Published December 17th 2008 by Routledge
9. Learning to Teach Art and Design in the Secondary School

   A Companion to School Experience, 2nd Edition

   Edited by Nicholas Addison, Lesley Burgess

   Series: Learning to Teach Subjects in the Secondary School Series

   Learning to Teach Art and Design in the Secondary School advocates art, craft and design as useful, critical, transforming, and therefore fundamental to a plural society. It offers a conceptual and practical framework for understanding the diverse nature of art and design in education at KS3 and...

   Published December 20th 2007 by Routledge
10. Meeting the Needs of Your Most Able Pupils in Art

    By Kim Earle

    Series: The Gifted and Talented Series

    Meeting the Needs of Your Most Able Students in Art provides specific guidance on: Recognising high ability and multiple intelligences Planning, differentiation and extension/enrichment in Art Teacher questioning skills Support for more able pupils with learning difficulties...

    Published May 30th 2006 by David Fulton Publishers