Strong Arts, Strong Schools: The Promising Potential and Shortsighted Disregard of the Arts in American Schooling
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| Rating | : | 4.38 (817 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0195148339 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-18 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
These eighteen compelling essays are a clarion call to action for any teacher, parent, policy maker, or citizen concerned about the fate of the arts in American society and schools.. Highlighting the crucial effect of the arts on learning, this volume shows how the arts can enliven and extend the entire school curriculum by integrating different subjects in innovative interdisciplinary ways. In this elegantly written, passionately argued book, Fowler presents a convincing case for teaching the arts to all children. He argues that, far from a luxury, the arts are a vitally impor
The late Charles Fowler was a noted music educator and arts activist, and the author of numerous books and articles, including Can We Rescue the Arts for America's Children? and Music! Its Role and Importance in Our Lives. He served as editor of Music Educators Journal from 1965 through 197
The arts help us understand our experiences; they teach compassion and empathy and inspire creative and critical thinking. It is often the case that arts classes offer children the only form of education they can relate to, the only conduit to their private lives, dreams, and aspirations. And if this sounds too idealistic, Fowler also presents evidence of the economic importance of the arts, to both schools and American culture. As school budgets are slashed, arts programs are all too often judged expendable, as though creative writing, music, the visual arts, media, dance, and theater are somehow frivolous or, worse, suspect or decadent. From Booklist Education, like so