Strong arts, strong schools : the promising potential and shortsighted disregard of the arts in American schooling /

Aimed at a broad public, Strong Arts, Strong Schools addresses a number of different rationales to support the necessity of the arts in general education. The author considers a range of philosophies found amongst arts educators and general educators.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fowler, Charles, 1931-1995
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2001]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Conditions. One nation, undercultured and underqualified ; The arts and economics : opportunities missed, misunderstood, and minimalized ; Society and the schools : a dynamic relationship
  • Justification. Recognizing the arts as forms of intelligence ; Strong arts, strong schools ; Cheating our children : why every child needs the arts ; Improving general education through the arts ; Developing new audiences
  • Curriculum. All arts, all students ; The arts as academic, basic, and comprehensive ; Whose culture should be taught? ; The shameful neglect of creativity ; Cultivating the arts in high school ; The correlation with academic achievement
  • Reform. Redefining the mission : value-centered arts education ; The arts as catalysts for educational reform ; Overhauling teacher education : can it be done? ; An agenda : what should we expect? ; Prospects : how do we get there?