Renaissance in the classroom
Subtitle: arts integration and meaningful learning
By: edited by Gail Burnaford ... [et al.].
Contributors: Burnaford, Gail E.
Publisher: L. Erlbaum Associates
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Mahwah, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
Subjects: Arts -- Study and teaching (Elementary); Arts -- Study and teaching (Middle school)
Description: "... Guide to arts integration, across the curriculum in grades K-12 ... based on 6 years of arts integration in the Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE)"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Arts integration : what is it and why do it?; title: Getting started with arts integration : finding the elegant fit; title: Arts integration snapshot. School is cool : integrated arts programs and the high-risk child / by Deb Diehl ; Art is not a reward : pitfalls and promises of arts integration / by Andre LeMoine; title: Moving through the curriculum : doing the work in arts integration; title: Beyond the unit : assessment and the learning cycle; title: Science and art : lessons from Leonardo da Vinci? / by Diane Deckert; title: Arts integration snapshot. Telpochcalli School : Mexican culture at the heart of curriculum ; Recognizing culture as curriculum : Orozco School presents student artwork in a digital age / by Connie Amon; title: You don't have to do it alone : initiating and sustaining collaboration; title: Appendix A. Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education funders; title: Appendix B. Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education overviews; title: Appendix C. Sample planning forms for arts integration; title: Appendix D. Sample unit plans for arts integration; title: Appendix E. Assessing arts integration by looking at what students know and are able to do; title: Appendix F. CAPE checklists : strategies for effective arts integration; title: Appendix G. Scope and sequence sample : Orozco School; title: Appendix H. Three approaches to evaluating and interpreting progress/success with your partnership; title: Appendix I. Key questions for partnerships; title: Appendix J. Contributors : all who were interviewed, submitted writing, photographs, units, and lesson plans; title: Appendix K. Resources, web sites, and materials; title: Appendix L. State arts agency directory.