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THIRD EDITION

Early Childhood and Primary Education David ROY William BAKER Amy HAMILTON

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Available Now 2019, 254 x 178 mm, 376 pp 9781108552363 | Paperback (also available as an eBook)

Teaching the Arts

Early Childhood and Primary Education Third Edition

David Roy, University of Newcastle William Baker, University of Tasmania Amy Hamilton, Flinders University

Teaching the Arts: Early Childhood and Primary Education foregrounds the importance of Arts education to children's development and learning while connecting each Arts area to the Australian Curriculum. The third edition provides comprehensive coverage and an exciting introduction to Arts education in Australia, with updated content and new, interactive features. The book covers the key areas of Dance, Drama, Media Arts, Music and Visual Arts, full of teacher tips, spotlights on arts education, and downloadable lesson plans. This book is a vital resource for all pre-service early childhood and primary teachers, emphasising the fundamental nature of the Arts in schools. Through the Arts, if we can instil a love of learning, then we can all learn to love.

Contents

Part I. Why: The Arts in Education and Society 1. A vision for the Arts in education 2. Why the Arts are fundamental 3. The Arts and cross-curriculum priorities Part II. What: The Arts Learning Areas 4. Learning in dance 5. Learning in drama 6. Learning in media arts 7. Learning in music 8. Learning in visual arts Part III. How: Embedding the Arts in Education 9. Integration and general capabilities 10. Organisation 11. Diverse learners, pedagogy and the Arts 12. Quality Arts education and rich learning E P

Available Now 2016, 229 x 152 mm, 240 pp 9781107501300 | Paperback (also available as an eBook)

Nurturing Creativity in the Classroom

Second Edition

Ronald Beghetto, University of Connecticut James Kaufman, University of Connecticut

As interest in creativity explodes, it has become more complicated to decide how to best nurture creativity in our schools. There are the controversial Common Core Standards in many states. Meanwhile, the classroom has become increasingly digital; it is easier to access information, communicate ideas, and learn from people across the world. Many countries now include cultivating creativity as a national educational policy recommendation, yet there is still debate over best practices.

Contents

Part I. Voices from the Field: 1. Changing the subject. 2. Creativity and the invention. 3. Creativity and shifting roles of an educational leader: a reflection of what creativity used to mean to me what it now means. 4. What I used to think about creativity in schools. Part II. Voices from the Research: 5. Developing creativity across all areas of the curriculum. 6. Accountability, the Common Core, and creativity. 7. Ever-broadening conceptions of creativity in the classroom. 8. Creativity in mathematics teaching: a Chinese perspective (an update). 9. Roads not taken, new roads to take. 10. The five core attitudes and seven I’s of the creative process. 11. Please teacher, don’t kill my kid’s creativity: creativity embedded into K-12 teacher preparation and beyond. 12. Attitude change as the precursor to creativity enhancement. 13. Nurturing creativity in the engineering classroom. 14. Intrinsic motivation and creativity in the classroom: have we come full circle? 15. Learning for creativity. 16. Creativity and prosocial values: nurturing cooperation within the classroom. 17. How social-emotional imagination facilitates deep learning and creativity in the classroom. 18. Four faces of creativity at school. 19. Teaching for creativity.

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