Creative Arts, The: A Process Approach for Teachers and Children

by Edwards, Linda Carol

• ISBN13: 9780131700284
• ISBN10: 0131700286
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

This novel text engages future teachers in the processes of creativity to encourage creative growth and participation in their classrooms. It emphasizes process, rather than product, so teachers learn that once they tap into their own creativity they are better equipped to help children participate in the creative process.New and expanded content in the fourth edition includes: National standards for drama, visual arts, dance, and music and examples of how teachers can address them A new Families feature in each chapter explaining how families can support children's creative activities at home Expanded and deepened multicultural content in the prose and in exploring the arts through a multicultural context Children's literature and recommended books in each chapter for integrating literature and the arts

Table of Contents

Beginning the Journey	1	(34)
Setting the Stage	3	(4)
The Toddler Room with the Yellow Door	3	(1)
The Toddler Room with the Blue Door	3	(1)
The Kindergarten	4	(1)
The Block Room	4	(1)
Appropriate or Inappropriate Practice	5	(1)
Isabella: Extending the Stage	6	(1)
Nature of the Book	7	(3)
Adult Development in the Arts	8	(2)
Children's Literature and Creative Teachers	10	(2)
Themes of the Book	10	(2)
What Are the Arts?	12	(1)
National Standards for Arts Education	13	(6)
A Brief Look at History	13	(3)
Art Education and the Young Child	16	(2)
The Goals of a Process Approach	18	(1)
Diversity and Multicultural Art in Your Classroom	19	(4)
Art from Around the World	20	(1)
Multicultural Art in Context	20	(1)
Designing a Lesson Plan	21	(2)
Theoretical Perspectives	23	(8)
Intellectual Development	23	(3)
Emotional and Social Development	26	(4)
Aesthetic Development	30	(1)
Parson's Stages in the Development of Aesthetic Responses	30	(1)
A Family's Role in Introducing the Arts at Home	31	(1)
Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences	31	(4)
The Nine Intelligences: Implications for Teaching	32	(2)
Addresses of Visual and Performing Arts Organizations	34	(1)
Understanding the Creative Process	35	(24)
The Creative Process	36	(7)
Defining Creativity	36	(2)
Process and Product	38	(4)
Experiential or Experimental?	42	(1)
Models of Creativity	43	(3)
The Wallas Model of the Creative Process	43	(1)
Torrance's Characteristics of Creativity	44	(1)
Characteristics of Creative People	45	(1)
A Case Study of Self	46	(1)
Children's Literature and Creativity	47	(1)
Affective Development	48	(4)
The Continuum of Affective Development	51	(1)
The Teaching/Learning Atmosphere	52	(1)
A Family's Role in Developing Creativity at Home	53	(1)
Developmentally Appropriate Practice	54	(1)
Personal and Professional Growth	55	(4)
Developing a Personal and Professional Support System	55	(4)
Exploring Feelings and Images	59	(39)
The Affective Domain	61	(7)
Teacher Education and the Affective Domain	62	(1)
What Does the Research Tell Us?	63	(2)
Affective Characteristics of Teachers	65	(1)
The Continuum of Development in the Affective Domain: Receiving/Attending	66	(2)
Two Hemispheres of the Brain	68	(10)
Guided Imagery and Right-Brain Activity	69	(3)
Why Study Guided Imagery?	72	(1)
Imagery in Other Professions	73	(1)
Imagery in the Arts	74	(2)
Imagery and Children's Art	76	(2)
Guided Imagery for Teachers	78	(7)
Centering	78	(3)
Relaxing with Awareness	81	(3)
Imagining	84	(1)
Processing	85	(1)
Children's Literature and Feelings and Images	85	(1)
Guided Imagery and Children	86	(4)
Using Guided Imagery with Children	86	(4)
Exploring Guided Imagery Through a Multicultural Context	90	(1)
A Family's Role in Developing Feelings and Images at Home	91	(2)
Chinese and American Indian Folktales	91	(1)
West African Stories	92	(1)
Guided Imagery Scripts for Children	93	(1)
A Very Special Basket	93	(1)
Developmentally Appropriate Practice	93	(2)
The Special Children in Your Classroom	94	(1)
Personal and Professional Growth	95	(3)
Searching for That Special Teacher	96	(2)
Introducing Music and Movement	98	(51)
The Continuum of Development in the Affective Domain: Responding	100	(1)
Music and Movement: Enjoyment and Value for Children	101	(4)
Four Important Reasons for Including Music in the Classroom	103	(2)
Theories of Musical Development	105	(4)
Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences: Musical, Bodily-Kinesthetic, and Logical-Mathematical	105	(4)
Basic Stages of Early Musical Development	109	(1)
Developmentally Appropriate Practice	109	(5)
The Special Children in Your Classroom	109	(5)
The Stage Awaits: Music and Movement for Young Children	114	(1)
Children's Literature and Music	115	(15)
Children and Dance in the Classroom	115	(4)
Selecting Songs, Fingerplays, and Instruments	119	(9)
Classical Music and Children	128	(2)
Processes for Music and Movement	130	(4)
Introducing Movement and Dance	131	(1)
Exploring Space, Time, and Force	131	(3)
Exploring Movement and Dance Through a Multicultural Context	134	(1)
The Hawaiian Hula and Caribbean Ring Dances	134	(1)
A Family's Role in Developing Music and Movement at Home	135	(5)
Creative Movement	140	(3)
Materials for Creative Movement	140	(3)
National Standards for Music Education K--4	143	(2)
National Standards for Dance Education K--4	145	(1)
Personal and Professional Growth	146	(3)
The Instrument Improvisation Activity	146	(3)
Celebrating the Visual Arts	149	(38)
Children and the Artistic Process	151	(8)
Why Children Draw	152	(1)
The Link Between Drawing and Learning	153	(1)
Art and Cognitive Development	154	(5)
How Important Is Your Role, Teacher?	159	(4)
Throw Out Your Old Notions: It's the Process That's Important	160	(1)
Providing Authentic Experiences	161	(1)
Talking with Children About Their Art	161	(2)
Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences: Spatial Intelligence	163	(1)
A Family's Role in Developing Visual Arts Experiences at Home	164	(1)
Supporting Spatial Intelligence	165	(1)
Materials and Processes for the Visual Arts	165	(1)
Children's Literature and the Visual Arts	165	(10)
Art Materials	166	(1)
Processes and Activities	167	(6)
Paste and Glue	173	(2)
National Standards for Arts Education	175	(1)
Visual Arts K--4	175	(1)
Exploring the Visual Arts Through a Multicultural Context	176	(3)
African and Eskimo Masks and Sculptures	176	(1)
Activity 5-1 Decorating Masks and Sculpting Animal Figures	176	(3)
Developmentally Appropriate Practice	179	(2)
The Special Children in Your Classroom	179	(2)
Image Awareness Art Ideas for Children	181	(3)
Pattern Peep	182	(1)
An Imaginary Trip with Frederick the Mouse	182	(1)
The Shape of You	183	(1)
The Continuum of Development in the Affective Domain: Valuing	184	(1)
Personal and Professional Growth	185	(2)
An Awareness of Self	185	(2)
Encouraging Play and Creative Drama in the Classroom	187	(42)
The Play's the Thing	189	(15)
Social Play	189	(3)
Sociodramatic Play	192	(4)
Creative Drama	196	(8)
Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences: Intrapersonal and Interpersonal	204	(4)
Intrapersonal Intelligence	204	(1)
Interpersonal Intelligence	205	(1)
Supporting the Personal Intelligences	206	(2)
A Family's Role in Developing Creative Drama at Home	208	(1)
Developmentally Appropriate Practice	208	(2)
The Special Children in Your Classroom	208	(2)
Children's Literature and Creative Drama	210	(1)
Processes and Materials for Encouraging Creative Drama	211	(7)
Ideas for Pantomime	211	(1)
Ideas for Improvisation: Characters Speak!	212	(2)
Prop Boxes	214	(1)
Field Trips	215	(1)
Stories and Poems	216	(2)
National Standards for Theatre Education	218	(1)
Theatre K--4	218	(1)
Exploring Creative Drama Through a Multicultural Context	219	(4)
Dramatizing Folktales from Around the World	220	(2)
Activity 6-1: Getting Ready to Dramatize Other Folktales	222	(1)
The Continuum of Development in the Affective Domain: Organization	223	(2)
Kierkegaard and Time	223	(2)
Personal and Professional Growth	225	(4)
Steps Toward Integration: The Personal ``Me'' and the Professional ``Me''	225	(1)
Your Gunnysack	226	(3)
Experimenting with Three-Dimensional Art	229	(36)
Young Children and Three-Dimensional Art	231	(5)
Molding and Sculpting with Clay	232	(1)
Boxes, Wood, and Sand	233	(1)
Conditions That Encourage Creative Expression	234	(2)
A Family's Role in Developing Three-Dimensional Art at Home	236	(1)
Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences: Naturalist Intelligence	236	(1)
Supporting Naturalist Intelligence	237	(1)
Developmentally Appropriate Practice	237	(3)
The Special Children in Your Classroom	238	(2)
Processes and Materials for Three-Dimensional Art	240	(1)
Children's Literature and Three-Dimensional Art	241	(4)
Earth Clay	241	(2)
Techniques for Working with Earth Clay	243	(2)
Cleanup and Saving Children's Work	245	(1)
Creative and Imaginative Ideas for Children	245	(4)
Clay	245	(1)
Fabric and Fiber	246	(1)
Boxes and Cartons	247	(1)
Sand	248	(1)
Exploring Three-Dimensional Art Through a Multicultural Context	249	(3)
Gardens from China to Japan	249	(1)
Activity 7-1: Zen Gardens	250	(1)
Pueblo Pottery Painting	251	(1)
Activity 7-2: Painting Pottery	252	(1)
Three-Dimensional Art for Teachers	252	(6)
Pariscraft Face Masks	252	(4)
A Self-Sculpture in Clay	256	(1)
Group Sculpture	257	(1)
The Continuum of Development in the Affective Domain: Characterization by a Value or Value Complex	258	(1)
Reflective Awareness and the Continuum of Affective Development	259	(2)
Receiving	259	(1)
Responding	259	(1)
Valuing	260	(1)
Organization	260	(1)
Characterization by a Value or Value Complex	260	(1)
Personal and Professional Growth	261	(4)
Teaching: Attitudes, Beliefs, and Behaviors	262	(3)
Planning for Literature	265	(45)
The Literature Environment	266	(4)
Arranging Your Room for Literature	268	(2)
A Family's Role in Developing Literacy at Home	270	(1)
Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences: Linguistic Intelligence	271	(3)
Supporting Linguistic Intelligence	272	(2)
Developmentally Appropriate Practice	274	(6)
The Special Children in Your Classroom	275	(5)
Children's Literature and Storytelling	280	(1)
Processes and Materials for Using Literature with Children	280	(9)
Storytelling with the Flannelboard	280	(3)
Quiz Cards	283	(3)
Poetry	286	(3)
Exploring Literature Through a Multicultural Context	289	(6)
Egyptian Hieroglyphics	290	(1)
Activity 8-1: Writing Your Name with Ancient Egyptian Symbols	290	(2)
Native American Picture Symbols	292	(2)
Activity 8-2: Writing Stories with Native American Picture Symbols	294	(1)
Linking the Arts Through Literature: An Interdisciplinary Unit	295	(9)
Selecting a Theme	295	(1)
Brainstorming Associations	296	(1)
Webbing as a Creative Process	297	(3)
Compiling Resources for Learning Experiences	300	(1)
Planning Integrated Experiences	301	(3)
Implementing the Unit	304	(1)
Personal and Professional Growth	304	(6)
Poetry for Teachers	305	(5)
Beginning a New Adventure	310	(9)
Building a Bridge Between Self-Understanding and Creativity	312	(2)
Self-Actualization and Teachers	312	(2)
College Students' Reflections on Attending Visual and Performing Arts Events	314	(1)
Personal and Professional Growth	315	(1)
Gifts from the Wise One	315	(1)
Good Words	316	(1)
Creative Arts: Carry Them On!	316	(3)
appendix 1 Literature	319	(14)
appendix 2 Music	333	(9)
appendix 3 Fingerplays	342	(8)
appendix 4 Additional Guided Imagery Scripts and Extension Activities	350	(7)
References	357	(8)
Index	365