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Why our schools need the arts /

Davis, Jessica Hoffmann, 1943-

Why our schools need the arts / Jessica Hoffmann Davis. - New York : Teachers College Press, c2008. - ix, 150 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The lay of the land. Prelude : what's the difference between science and art? Examples of the arts in education. Responding to objections to the arts in education : lessons from out of school -- The case for the arts in education. Prelude : why must we justify the arts in terms of non-arts learning? Introducing unique features of the arts and what students learn -- Advocating for the arts in education. Prelude : might failure work as a platform for arts in education advocacy? What counts as advocacy. Practical challenges. Advocacy don'ts and do's -- With an eye to the future. Prelude : on painting with a young child. In sum.

9780807748343 (pbk. : alk. paper) 080774834X (pbk. : alk. paper)

2007028597


Art--Study and teaching--United States.
Art and society--United States.

LB1591.5.U57 / D38 2008

700.71

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