Title: International handbook of research in arts education /
Authors: Bresler, Liora.
Publisher: Springer,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Arts Study and teaching Research.
Abstract: Providing a distillation of knowledge in the various disciplines of arts education (dance, drama, music, literature and poetry and visual arts), this essential handbook synthesizes existing research literature, reflects on the past, and contributes to shaping the future of the respective and integrated disciplines of arts education. While research can at times seem distant from practice, the Handbook aims to maintain connection with the live practice of art and of education, capturing the vibrancy and best thinking in the field of theory and practice. The Handbook is organized into 13 sections, each focusing on a major area or issue in arts education research." -- Publisher's website.
Contents: pt. 1. Section 1. History. Prelude : history of education and arts education / Gordon Cox -- Capitalizing art education : mapping international histories / Mary Ann Stankiewicz -- Interlude : arts education, the aesthetic and cultural studies / Arthur D. Efland -- A history of drama education : a search for substance / Gavin Bolton -- The teaching and learning of music in the settings of family, church, and school : some historical perspectives / Gordon Cox -- Interlude : history looking forward / Richard Colwell -- Social history and dance as education / Ann Dils -- The teaching of English language arts as poetic language : an institutionalist view / Alyson Whyte.