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Aa is for Aesthetic
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 120.00This volume reaffirms the indispensable place of the arts in any coherent curriculum. The author hopes that the specific arguments formulated in the book will advance the conservationist post-Modernist aesthetic. more...
Against the Flow
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 59.95At once provocative and inspiring , Against the Flow is a work of polemic from an internationally respected writer and thinker on arts education. Peter Abbs argues that contemporary education ignores the aesthetic and ethical as a result of being in thrall to such forces as the market economy and managerial and functional dictates. He identifies the... more...
The Symbolic Order
Taylor and Francis 1989; US$ 61.95Alongside "Living Powers" and "A is for Aesthetic" this book is intended to establish a conceptual frame for the Arts in Education series. The first and primary aim of this symposium is to put teachers of all the arts in touch with some of the most recent and the best writing on the nature of art. more...
The Rationality of Feeling (RLE Edu K)
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 120.00This volume emphasizes the necessity for arts teachers to nurture the personal development of their students by expanding their artistic understanding and creativity. In aiming to provide a broader understanding for the effective teaching of the arts, the author provides powerful reasons for seeing the arts as agents of learning, understanding... more...
The Routledge Companion to Research in the Arts
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 220.00The Routledge Companion to Research in the Arts is a major collection of new writings on research in the creative and performing arts by leading authorities from around the world. It provides theoretical and practical approaches to identifying, structuring and resolving some of the key issues in the debate about the nature of research in the arts... more...
Artstarts
ABC-CLIO 1994; US$ 39.00Integrate creative arts into the curriculum with a variety of engaging, classroom-tested arts activities. Drama, movement, pantomime, puppetry, storytelling, visual arts, media arts, and music come alive with innovative activities. Reproducible scripts for readers theatre and a score for a musical are included. Each activity notes the intended grade... more...
Traiter de recherche création en art
Presses de l''niversite du Quebec 2007; US$ 31.50Cet ouvrage, traitant de méthodologie de recherche, tend à préciser la nature et les enjeux de la recherche-création ainsi que le territoire qu'elle occupe en recherche systématique. more...
Renaissance in the Classroom
Taylor and Francis 2001; US$ 50.95This book invites readers to consider the possibilities for learning and growth when artists and arts educators come into a classroom and work with teachers to engage students in drama, dance, visual art, music, and media arts. It is a nuts-and-bolts guide to arts integration, across the curriculum in grades K-12, describing how students, teachers,... more...
Reflective Practices in Arts Education
Springer 2006; US$ 47.99Focuses on the role of reflective practice, as a source and resource for teaching and learning and research in the arts (here being Art and Design, Dance, Drama and Music). This book aims to investigate the concept of reflection and its application to a range of contemporary arts education contexts for both teachers and learners. more...
Transforming Education Through the Arts
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 46.95This timely book takes up the challenge of maintaining programs in the arts in the face of unrelenting pressure from two directions; the increasing focus on literacy and numeracy in schools, teamed with the cut-backs in public funding that often affect the arts most severely. Drawing on the wealth of evidence already available on the impact of... more...









