Full Description
Thinking Through the Arts draws together a number of different approaches to teaching young children that combine the experience of thinking with the act of expression through art.
Developed as an inclusive, broad-ranging and user-friendly text, Thinking Through the Arts presents the unique insight of teachers as researchers, and counters the view that art is emotionally-based and therefore irrelevant to thinking and learning. The areas covered include drama, dance, music, arts environments, technologies, museums and galleries, literacy, cognition, international influences, curriculum development, research and practice. Early childhood and primary teachers and students alike will find this book is an invaluable source of new insights for their own teaching.
Contents
1. Art, Thinking, Young Children?: An Overview 2. Beads, Seeds and Emu Feathers: Thinking Through the Issues Surrounding Indigenous Art, Children and Galleries 3. Growing Ideas: Accessible Starting Points for an Integrated Drama, Movement and Music Program with Young Children 4. Art Goes Back to My Beginning 5. Inheriting Dance: Past Philosophies for Contemporary Contexts 6. Seeing Beyond Marks and Forms: Appreciating Children's Visual Thinking 7. Teaching Dance to Young Children 8. Young Children Telling it Like it is: Insights for Teachers 9. Nursery Rhymes: Everything Old is New Again 10. Thinking Through Puppetry: Developing a Quality Puppetry Curriculum in Early Childhood 11. Dynamics, Images and Imagination: Landscapes in Cyberspace 12. Thinking for the New Millennium: The Contribution of Process Drama 13. Uncovering the Potential of Rhythm: Education Through Arts 14. Drawing: Making Thinking Visible 15. Visual Thinking in Technology Education 16. Early Childhood Arts Environments: Functional and Inspirational? 17. Thinking With the Body: Dancing Ideas 18. Child-initiated Curriculum and Images of Children 19. Finding the Balance: Enhancing Piano Lessons as Learning Experiences for Young Children.
