ABSTRACT
This International Handbook brings together leading writers on Arts in Education to provide a much-needed, authoritative guide to the main debates in the field and an informed account of contemporary developments in policy and practice.
Providing a detailed overview of key concepts and practical challenges, the book combines theoretical insight with specific examples of innovative projects drawing on theoretical, historical and empirical research perspectives to inform understanding. The range of content highlights the breadth of the field, addressing such issues as the importance of community arts and partnership as well as school education, and providing insight into developments in multiple and connecting arts as well as traditional art forms. Topics such as assessment, creativity, cultural diversity, special needs, the arts in early childhood, adult education, arts based research, are all addressed by recognised authorities in each area. The collection of chapters also serves to define the field of arts education, recognising its diversity but highlighting the common elements that provide its identity.
The collection addresses generic issues common to all the arts while acknowledging differences and recognising the dangers of over-generalisation. It also includes specific chapters on each of the art forms (visual art, dance, drama, literature, music, media arts) providing a cutting-edge analysis of key contemporary issues in each subject.
Bringing together specially commissioned pieces by a range of international authors, this Handbook will make an important contribution to the field of Arts Education.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|69 pages
The role of theory
chapter 4|10 pages
Hunting high and low
chapter 6|10 pages
Creativity in the arts and arts education
part II|66 pages
Historical perspectives
part III|138 pages
Arts education and the curriculum
chapter 15|15 pages
Threshold concepts, academic identity and arts curricula design
chapter 16|9 pages
When advocacy meets opportunity . . what's the reality?
chapter 21|11 pages
'Aesthetic learning for all'
chapter 23|14 pages
Assessing diverse creativities in music
part IV|43 pages
Arts education and the wider community
part IV|36 pages
Researching the arts
part VI|59 pages
Widening perspectives