Arts Education and Literacy
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9781138806979
Subjects: Arts, study and teaching
Description: In a struggling global economy, education is focused on core subjects such as language arts and mathematics, and the development of technological and career-readiness skills. Arts education has not been a central focus of education reform movements in the United States, and none of the current education standards frameworks deeply address the processes, texts and literacies that are inherent to arts disciplines. This lack of clarity poses a problem for state and district leaders who might be inclined to advocate for the arts in schools and classrooms across the country, but cannot find adequate detail in their guiding frameworks.