Title: Young children, pedagogy and the arts : ways of seeing /
Authors: McArdle, Felicity,; Boldt, Gail Masuchika,; Knight, Linda.; McArdle, Felicity,; Boldt, Gail Masuchika,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Arts Study and teaching (Elementary); Arts Study and teaching (Elementary)
Abstract: "Young Children, Pedagogy and the Arts is an innovative text that describes practices and research that cross all five strands of the arts--visual, drama, music, dance, and media--and illuminates ways of understanding children and their arts practices that go beyond the common traditions. The book: Offers practical and rich illustrations of teachers' and children's work based on international research that integrates theory with practice; Brings a critical lens to arts education; Includes summaries, reflective questions, and recommended further readings with every chapter. Young Children, Pedagogy and the Arts provides a more nuanced understanding of the arts through an exploration of specific instances in which committed teachers and researchers are discovering what contemporary multimodal tools offer to young children. Chapters contain examples of 'doing' the arts in the early years, new ways of teaching, and how to use emerging technologies to develop multiliteracies, equity, agency, social and cultural capital, and enhance the learning and engagement of marginalized children." -- Publisher's description.
Contents: Introduction: Ways of seeing: young children, pedagogy and the arts / Gail Boldt and Felicity McArdle -- Small acts of resistance: the role of intergenerational collaborative drawing in early childhood teaching and learning / Linda Knight -- Daring to dance: making a case for the place of dance in children's and teachers' lives within early childhood settings / Adrienne Sansom -- Teacher, researcher and artist: thinking about documentary practices / Christina MaCrae -- Becoming intense / Kortney Sherbine and Gail Boldt -- Increasing the abundance of the world: young children and their drawings / Christine Marmé Thompson -- Choreographed childhoods: patterns of embodiment in the lives of contemporary children / Eeva Anttila -- Designing with pink technologies and Barbie transmedia / Karen E. Wohlwend and Kylie Peppler -- Social class and art room curriculum / Amy Pfeiler-Wunder -- Children's concert experience: an intercultural approach / Jan Sverre Knudsen -- There's more to art than meets the eye: a series of provocations from Unit X / Felicity McArdle.