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Children Art
Jack A. Hobbs and Jean C. Rush
For many elementary and middle-school students, art class is their favorite part of the day. Yet these students don’t realize that art is a catalyst for expanded learning in other classes. Teaching Children Art offers today’s pre- and in-service teachers sound ingredients for nourishing children’s aesthetic sensibilities and inventive capacities. Hobbs and Rush go beyond providing an overview of curriculum theory, the characteristics of art media, and the stages of development. They emphasize basic literacy in art—the ability to understand art concepts and apply this understanding to making art or responding to it. Written in an engaging, informal style, the authors answer many questions teachers have about teaching art: What is the role of art education today? What is the nature of artistic development? How do I go about teaching art? Can I teach all learners? What is the language of art? Does the school environment accommodate art? How did art education evolve to become what it is today?
Hobbs and Rush provide clear explanations. Their practical suggestions and examples are useful for stimulating discussions and critical thinking, teaching children with special needs, integrating art with other subjects, and teaching art to culturally diverse students. The text is loaded with illustrations that are as instructive as they are appealing.
$54.95 list, 388 pages 10-digit ISBN: 1-57766-473-6 13-digit ISBN: 978-1-57766-473-4 © 1997 Table of Contents 1. What Is Elementary Art Education About? What Is the Role of Art Education Today? / What Is the Nature of Artistic Development? / How Do I Go About Teaching Art? / Can I Reach All Learners? / What Is the Language of Art? / Does the School Environment Accommodate Art? / How Did Art Education Become What It Is Today? / Summary 2. Why Teach Art? Aesthetic Literacy / Why Learn Art? / Why Teach Art? / Teaching Toward Knowledgeability / Levels of Mastery and the Artist / Levels of Mastery and Aesthetic Literacy / Summary 3. Knowing What to Teach Knowledgeable Teaching / Comprehensive Content / Putting Knowledge to Work / Disciplinary Processes / Who Teaches Art? / Summary 4. Child Development in Drawing Overview / Hypotheses About Graphic Representation / Child Art and Symbolism / Are There Universals in Child Art? / The Effects of Education / Several Views About the Stages of Development / Developmental Styles of Graphic Representation / Summary 5. Child Development in Responding to Art What Is Aesthetics? / Children and the Aesthetic Domain / Summary 6. Thinking Without Words Harold Gregor / René Magritte / Artistic Expression / Cognition / Perception and Thinking / Teaching Without Words / Artistic Thinking As Problem Solving / Summary 7. Planning an Art Program District Curriculum Planning / Summary 8. Thinking, Talking, and Writing About Art Aesthetics As Philosophical Inquiry / Strategies for the Classroom / Art Criticism / Art History / Summary 9. Problem Solving in Tutored Images What Are Tutored Images? / The Importance of the Studio Experience / Teaching Aesthetic Concepts / The Nature of Conceptual Consistency / Planning for Conceptual Consistency / Conceptual Consistency in a Contour Drawing Project / Role of Critical, Historical and Aesthetic Analyses in Studio Art / Individuality and Aesthetic Value in Tutored Images / Summary 10. Accounting for Learning What Is Assessment? / Developing Assessment Procedures / Content Objectives, Performance Tasks, and Concepts / Evaluation Criteria, Standards, and Rating Scales / Formats for Performance Assessment / Student Self-Assessment / Summary 11. Integrating Art with Other Subjects The Case for Integration / Developing an Interdisciplinary Unit / Integrating Art with Other Subjects / Summary 12. Art for the Culturally Diverse Classroom Cultural Diversity and You / The History of Multiculturalism in Education / Some Terms / A Review of Some Proposals / Some Reflections / Conclusion / Summary 13. Teaching All Learners Children with Disabilities / Coping with Inclusion / Children with Special Gifts / Summary 14. The Language of Art The Visual Elements / The Principles of Design / Summary 15. Processes in Two-Dimensional Art Drawing / Painting / Printmaking / Still Photography / Computer-Generated Art / Summary 16. Three-Dimensional Art Sculpture / Environments and Performances / Craft Art / Architecture / Summary 17. The Art and Sequence of Movement Popular Culture and Art Education / The Relationship Between Popular Art and Fine Art / The Comics / Film and Video / Summary 18. Classroom Protocols in Art Managing Art Materials / Encouraging Responsible Classroom Behavior / Media and Children’s Health / The Classroom Art Environment / Displaying Children’s Art / Summary 19. The Learning Environment A Teacher’s Role / Teachers and New Ideas / Evaluation for Program Improvement / Summary 20. Educational Policy and the Arts What Constitutes Excellence in Art Education? / Should There Be a National Curriculum? / Should the Teacher Be an Artist? / Do We Need More Research? / What Role Can the Arts Play in Educational Reform? / Summary Glossary |
