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.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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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?