Creating Meaning Through Literature and the Arts Arts Integration for Classroom Teachers, Loose-Leaf Version

Claudia E. Cornett, "Creating Meaning Through Literature and the Arts: Arts Integration for Classroom Teachers, Loose-Leaf Version"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 0133519228 | PDF | pages: 625 | 27.6 mb
The most comprehensive text on arts integration in the market, this bestseller redefines literacy in light of the 21st century need for multiple literacies. It provides an overview of academically linked research in five arts areas: literary arts, visual art, drama, dance, and music, and is intended as a complete introduction to how to meaningfully use the arts as teaching tools on a daily basis in every curricular area. Organized around WHAT, WHY and HOW questions, Creating Meaning through Literature and the Arts, 5/e tells the story of how arts integration (AI) has grown so much in a few decades using the story of hundreds of arts-based schools-old and new, public, magnet, and charter, today's. Each AI school story draws upon cutting edge research, evolving state standards, and constructivist beliefs to transform teaching and learning. The Enhanced Pearson eText features video resources.