Arts in Education

A Guide to Electronic and Printed References

Arts in Education

For other resources related to Arts in Education see also

http://home.nyu.edu/~as245/AITG/
Applied & Interactive Theatre Guide: A resource for those who use theatre techniques for other and more than arts and entertainment purposes.

http://aep-arts.org/
Arts Education Partnership

A partnership of more than 400 arts, education, business, philanthropic, and government organizations concerned not only with arts education, but also with the role arts play in education. Its publications include the reports: Champions of Change:The Impact of the Arts on Learning; Learning Partnerships: Improving learning in Schools with Arts Partners in the Community; Gaining the Arts Advantage: Lessons from School Districts that Value Arts Education; and others.
(seen: 1/27/2002 last updated: 10/1/2001)

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teaching_materials/artsedge.html
Artsedge Teaching materials: newsbreak and professional resources

Supported by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, this website helps educators to teach in, through and about the arts. It provides curricula, lessons and activities, curriculum weblinks, an idea exchange, publishing opportunities and suggestions on how to use Artsedge lessons.

http://www.aandb.org.uk

Arts & Business - Arts & Business Week

This London-based organization explores and puts into practice ways that lead to a strong interaction between the arts and business. How can the arts help business? Certainly by promoting products and services; by honing sales and negotiating skills; by creating better interactions between workers and management or between individuals; by opening the door for participating in the arts, recharging creative cells, etc.
(seen: 2/1/2002 last update: 2001)

http://www.bigwheel.org.uk/index.htm
Big Wheel Theatre in Education (Annotated at Educational theatre labs)

http://www.storycenter.org/
The Center for Digital Storytelling

The goal of the Center is to teach people how to use digital media to tell meaningful stories from their lives with source material generated from their personal image archives and a music background of their choice.

http://educ.queensu.ca/~idea/english/constitution.htm
International Drama/Theater and Education Association. Constitution

"In affirmation of the Universal Right of all human beings to a balanced and comprehensive education, including an education in and through the arts, especially through theatre /drama, we hereby come together to create an international theatre/drama association." Even though most civilized countries are represented in this non-political group through a major national theater organization, the United States is not. (seen: 3/31/2001 last update: 2001)

http://www.kennedy-center.org/education
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: Education and Outreach

Acting on the principle that 'the arts can unlock the door to learning for (young) people, fostering creativity, teaching discipline, improving self-esteem, and challenging students (and teachers) to think in new ways' the Center has greatly expanded its outreach program nationwide. (seen: 3/26/2002 last update: 2001)

http://www.nadt.org/html/About.htm
National Association for Drama Therapy

'Drama therapy is the systematic and intentional use of drama/theatre processes and products to achieve the therapeutic goals of symptom relief, emotional and physical integration, and personal growth... Drama therapists are trained in theatre arts, psychology, psychotherapy and drama therapy... All students must complete supervised clinical internships with a broad range of populations.' The Association provides education information, lists of training centers, of related sites (like associations for art, music, dance, poetry therapy) bibliographies of books etc. It also publishes Dramascope, a quarterly newsletter.

Gardner, Howard. The Arts and Human Development. New York: NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1973; Basic Books, 1994.

Gardner presents a psychological study of the artistic process as part of human development bridging intellectual and affective responses to stimuli, thus becoming an important part of
learning.

Gardner, Howard. Creating Minds. New York, NY: Basic Books, 1993.

Introducing an illustrious list of high achievers Gardner proceeds to point out fundamental aspects of the creative personality and of the process of creativity.

Horn, Robert E. Visual Language: Global Communication for the 21st Century. Bainbridge Island, WA: MacroVU, Inc, 1998.

Horn is a pioneer, providing guidance in the emergent visual language field. The increasing
changes in our communication patterns using telecommunication technologies will benefit
greatly from this book by teaching how words and pictures reinforce each other. 'This is several books in one: a lively introduction to the basic concepts of visual language; a splendid, concise history of some 70 major innovations that form the core history of the language; a closely reasoned survey of the research on the emerging syntax and semantics of the language; and an immensely practical guide to the applications of visual language... it also is the first to use visual language itself to describe and analyze that language.'

Laurel, Brenda. Computers as Theatre. New York, NY: Addison-Wesley, 1993. (Annotated at Interfaces)

Webb, Terry Wyler and Douglas Webb. Accelerated Learning With Music: A Trainer's
Manual. Norcross, GA: Accelerated Learning Systems, 1990. (Annotated at Accelerated learning).

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