Integrating the Arts: An Approach to Teaching and Learning in Multicultural and Multilingual Settings Book

Preface.

1. Art as Knowing: A Methodology for Learning.

Arts and Knowledge.

Arts and Learning.

Arts as Language.

Arts and Culture.

Arts and Culture and Identity.

Arts and Inclusive Education: Special Needs, Exceptional, and Gifted Students.

Arts and Technology.

Historical Perspective.

Opening New Venues for Artists and Students.

Technology and Literacy.

Multimedia.

Technology in the Classroom as a Learning Tool.

Turning Technology Over to Students.

Equity and Technology.

Students as Tech-Directors.

Technology in the Workplace.

Goals of an Equitable Education and the Arts.

Methodology for Learning.

Learning with the Arts.

Learning through the Arts.

Learning about the Arts.

Summary.

Questions to Ponder.

Explorations to Try.

References.

2. What Does It Mean to Be a Learner? Intellectual Development Revisited.

Theories of Intellectual Development.

The Role of “Translation through Representation” in Learning.

Standards and Art Education.

What Does It Mean to Be a Learner?

Summary.

Questions to Ponder.

Explorations to Try.

References.

3. Piaget, Imitation, and the Blues: Reflections on Imagination and Creativity.

Creativity.

Piaget, Imitation, and the Blues.

Imagination.

Howard Gardner, Creativity, and the Classroom.

Creativity and Technique.

Creator and Participant.

Summary.

Questions to Ponder.

Explorations to Try.

References.

4. Communication, Expression, and Experience: Literacy and the Arts.

Literacy with the Arts.

Cursive Writing through the Arts.

Picto-Spelling Learning through the Arts.

Story Comprehension Learning through the Arts.

Drama (Visual and Auditory).

Movement (Kinesthetic).

Music (Auditory).

Poetry and Language Acquisition through the Arts.

Playing with Words.

Journals: Working with Ideas over a Period of Time.

Copied Poems.

Key Elements toward Writing Poetry.

Summary.

Tech Connect.

Technology, Arts, and Language Arts.

Questions to Ponder.

Explorations to Try.

References.

Sample Lesson Plans.

5. The Voices of Humanity: History, Social Studies, Geography, and the Arts.

Learning with the Arts.

Poetry.

Visual Arts.

Photography.

Music.

Drama.

Pablo Tac.

Learning through the Arts.

Presidential Puppetry.

Mural Making and History.

Quilts and History.

Geography and Papier Mâché.

Summary.

Tech Connect.

Technology, Arts, and Social Studies.

Questions to Ponder.

Explorations to Try.

References.

Sample Lesson Plans.

6. The Wonder of Discovery: Science and the Arts.

Learning with the Arts.

Painting.

Music.

Poetry.

Learning through the Arts.

Dance.

Learning about Animals and Their Environments through Origami and Story Telling.

Ecology: Drawing from Nature.

The Nature of Poetry: Working with Ideas.

Summary.

Tech Connect.

Technology, Arts, and Science.

Questions to Ponder.

Explorations to Try.

References.

Sample Lesson Plans.

7. Puzzles of the Mind and Soul: Mathematics and the Arts.

Learning with the Arts.

Visual Arts.

Dance.

Literature.

Music.

Learning through the Arts.

Distance Estimation.

Permutations.

Fractions.

Shapes, Symmetry, Angles, and Geometry.

Single-Digit Addition and Subtraction.

Points and Coordinates, Parallel Lines.

Drama, Story Problems.

Summary.

Tech Connect.

Technology, Arts, and Mathematics.

Questions to Ponder.

Explorations to Try.

References.

Sample Lesson Plans.

8. Setting the Stage for a Turn of Events: Subject Matter Informs the Arts.

Arts Setting the Stage for Learning.

Subject Matter Informing Art.

Art as Subject Matter.

Learning about Arts with Arts.

Learning about Arts through Arts.

Summary.

Tech Connect.

Technology and Arts.

Questions to Ponder.

Explorations to Try.

References.

Sample Lesson Plans.

9. Seeing a Different Picture: Assessment and the Arts.

The Need for Assessment.

Evidence of Learning.

Valuing the Arts as a Teaching and Assessment Tool.

Content and Concept Assessment.

Incidental Assessment.

Setting Assessment Parameters.

Strategies to Collect Evidence.

Portfolio Assessment.

Performance-Based Assessment.

Listening to and Observing Children.

Summary.

Questions to Ponder.

Explorations to Try.

References.

10. A Lithograph in the Closet and an Accordion in the Garage: Connecting with the arts and Artists in Your Community.

Utilizing Community Resources.

The World Wide Web and Arts Education.

SUAVE: A Cultural Partnership for Teachers.

What Is SUAVE?

The Coaching Relationship.

What Does a SUAVE Classroom Look Like?

Movement Poetry.

Art and Identity.

Cell Lab and Art.

Crossing Boundaries–Lessons from Artists Applied to Learning.

The Arts Ain’t Fluff.

Reflections on the Program.

Summary.

Questions to Ponder.

Explorations to Try.

References.

Sample Lesson Plans.

11. Beyond Walls: Mural Making and Critical Voices: Collaborative Art Projects.

The Mural Project.

Chronology of Class Work.

Performance Guides.

Epilogue.

A Final Word.

Questions to Ponder.

Explorations to Try.

References.

Index.