Experiencing the Arts: Creative Arts in Education

Designed for non-art pre-service educators and in-service teachers, Experiencing the Arts: Creative Arts in Education not only provides a base knowledge of the arts in education, but includes examples of best practices, research, experiences, and pedagogical theories of art infusion and how it has been successful in many schools across the United States. Beyond the foundational knowledge and understanding this book provides for the readers, it gives examples of pragmatic application through lesson plans and why art infusion works. Experiencing the Arts: Creative Arts in Education: Begins by defining arts infusion, creativity and constructionism followed by lesson planning. Describes the signi?cance of the visual and performing arts (visual art, music, dance and theatre), how they can be infused and interviews with teachers who successfully infuse the arts. Discusses the research and philosophies of over ten creativity experts and art scholars. Examines multimodal learning, artistic pedagogies, STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math), underserved populations and culture. Is ideal for pre-service teachers, STEAM integration expansion, professional development for generalist teachers, art infusion implementation, multimodal learning, and professionals look to improve student engagement.