Arts and Learning : An Integrated Approach to Teaching and Learning in Multicultural and Multilingual Settings

by Goldberg, Merryl

• ISBN13: 9780801332470
• ISBN10: 0801332478
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

This innovative title focuses on learning through rather than about the arts. It explores numerous ways in which the arts-visual, literary, and performing-can be integrated across the curriculum. Arts and Learning, 2/e reflects contemporary theory and practice and promotes ideas and skills that tap children's propensity for creativity and critical thinking. This text provides numerous strategies and examples of learning through classroom activities such as children's music, dance, and poetry.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Art as Knowing: A Methodology for Learning	1	(28)
Arts and Knowledge	2	(2)
Arts and Learning	4	(4)
Arts as Language	8	(3)
Arts and Culture	11	(2)
Arts and Technology	13	(5)
Historical Perspective	13	(1)
Opening New Venues for Artists and Students	14	(1)
Technology and Literacy	15	(1)
Multimedia	16	(1)
Technology in the Classroom as a Learning Tool	16	(1)
Turning Technology Over to Students	17	(1)
Equity and Technology	17	(1)
Students as Tech-Directors	18	(1)
Technology in the Workplace	18	(1)
Goals of Multicultural Education and the Arts	18	(3)
Methodology for Learning	21	(4)
Learning with the Arts	22	(1)
Learning through the Arts	22	(3)
Learning about the Arts	25	(1)
Summary	25	(1)
Questions to Ponder	26	(1)
Explorations to Try	26	(1)
References	26	(3)
What Does It Mean to Be a Learner? Intellectual Development Revisited	29	(16)
Theories of Intellectual Development	29	(3)
The Role of ``Translation through Representation'' in Learning	32	(3)
What Does It Mean to Be a Learner?	35	(7)
Summary	42	(1)
Questions to Ponder	42	(1)
Explorations to Try	43	(1)
References	43	(2)
Piaget, Imitation, and the Blues: Reflections on Imagination and Creativity	45	(16)
Creativity	46	(3)
Piaget, Imitation, and the Blues	49	(2)
Imagination	51	(2)
Howard Gardner, Creativity, and the Classroom	53	(3)
Creativity and Technique	56	(1)
Creator and Participant	57	(1)
Summary	58	(1)
Questions to Ponder	58	(1)
Explorations to Try	58	(1)
References	59	(2)
Communication, Expression, and Experience: Literacy and the Arts	61	(32)
Literacy with the Arts	62	(1)
Cursive Writing through the Arts	63	(1)
Picto-Spelling Learning through the Arts	64	(1)
Story Comprehension Learning through the Arts	65	(3)
Drama (Visual and Auditory)	67	(1)
Movement (Kinesthetic)	68	(1)
Music (Auditory)	68	(1)
Poetry and Language Acquisition through the Arts	68	(3)
Playing with Words	71	(7)
Journals: Working with Ideas over a Period of Time	78	(2)
Copied Poems	80	(4)
Key Elements toward Writing Poetry	84	(1)
Summary	84	(1)
Tech Connect	85	(1)
Technology, Arts, and Language Arts	85	(1)
Questions to Ponder	85	(1)
Explorations to Try	86	(1)
References	86	(1)
Sample Lesson Plans	87	(6)
The Voices of Humanity: History, Social Studies, Geography, and the Arts	93	(20)
Learning with the Arts	95	(4)
Poetry	96	(2)
Visual Arts	98	(1)
Music	98	(1)
Drama	99	(1)
Learning through the Arts	99	(6)
Presidential Puppetry	100	(3)
Mural Making and History	103	(1)
Geography and Papier Mache	104	(1)
Summary	105	(1)
Tech Connect	105	(1)
Questions to Ponder	106	(1)
Explorations to Try	106	(1)
References	107	(1)
Sample Lesson Plans	108	(5)
The Wonder of Discovery: Science and the Arts	113	(30)
Learning with the Arts	115	(3)
Painting	115	(2)
Music	117	(1)
Poetry	117	(1)
Learning through the Arts	118	(18)
Dance	118	(1)
Learning about Animals and Their Environments through Origami and Story Telling	118	(1)
Ecology: Drawing from Nature	119	(3)
The Nature of Poetry: Working with Ideas	122	(14)
Summary	136	(1)
Tech Connect	136	(1)
Questions to Ponder	137	(1)
Explorations to Try	137	(1)
References	137	(1)
Sample Lesson Plans	138	(5)
Puzzles of the Mind and Soul: Mathematics and the Arts	143	(22)
Learning with the Arts	146	(4)
Visual Arts	146	(2)
Dance	148	(1)
Literature	149	(1)
Music	150	(1)
Learning through the Arts	150	(6)
Distance Estimation	150	(1)
Permutations	151	(1)
Fractions	151	(1)
Shapes, Symmetry, Angles, and Geometry	152	(1)
Single-Digit Addition and Subtraction	153	(3)
Points and Coordinates, Parallel Lines	156	(1)
Drama, Story Problems	156	(1)
Summary	156	(1)
Tech Connect	157	(1)
Questions to Ponder	158	(1)
Explorations to Try	158	(1)
References	159	(1)
Sample Lesson Plans	160	(5)
Setting the Stage for a Turn of Events: Subject Matter Informs the Arts	165	(24)
Arts Setting the Stage for Learning	170	(1)
Subject Matter Informing Art	171	(2)
Art as Subject Matter	173	(2)
Learning about Arts with Arts	175	(3)
Learning about Arts through Arts	178	(1)
Summary	179	(1)
Tech Connect	179	(1)
Questions to Ponder	180	(1)
Explorations to Try	180	(1)
References	181	(2)
Sample Lesson Plans	183	(6)
Seeing a Different Picture: Assessment and the Arts	189	(16)
The Need for Assessment	190	(1)
Evidence of Learning	191	(2)
Valuing the Arts as a Teaching and Assessment Tool	192	(1)
Content and Concept Assessment	193	(1)
Incidental Assessment	194	(1)
Setting Assessment Parameters	195	(2)
Strategies to Collect Evidence	197	(6)
Portfolios Assessment	198	(1)
Performance-Based Assessment	198	(2)
Listening to and Observing Children	200	(3)
Summary	203	(1)
Questions to Ponder	203	(1)
Explorations to Try	203	(1)
References	203	(2)
A Lithograph in the Closet and an Accordion in the Garage: Connecting with the Arts and Artists in Your Community	205	(24)
Utilizing Community Resources	206	(2)
The World Wide Web and Arts Education	208	(1)
Suave: A Cultural Partnership for Teachers	209	(1)
What is Suave?	209	(4)
The Coaching Relationship	212	(1)
What Does a SUAVE Classroom Look Like?	213	(3)
Movement Poetry	214	(1)
Art and Identity	214	(1)
Cell Lab and Art	215	(1)
Crossing Boundaries--Lessons from Artists Applied to Learning	216	(1)
The Arts Ain't Fluff	216	(3)
Reflections on the Program	217	(2)
Summary	219	(1)
Questions to Ponder	220	(1)
Explorations to Try	220	(1)
References	220	(1)
Sample Lesson Plans	221	(8)
Beyond Walls: Mural Making and Critical Voices: Collaborative Art Projects	229	(18)
The Mural Project	231	(9)
Chronology of Class Work	231	(9)
Performance Guides	240	(4)
Epilogue	244	(1)
Questions to Ponder	244	(1)
Explorations to Try	244	(1)
References	245	(2)
Index	247