School of Education
Curriculum & Teaching
Prof. John Toth, Ph.D. / jtoth@hunter.cuny.edu
ART READING LIST
ARTICLES / CHAPTERS
for the post modern educator
Eisner, Elliot W. (1998) The Kind of Schools We Need : personal essays, Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
READ #1: The Misunderstood Role of Arts in Human Development - .pdf download
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Other Elliot Eisner readings:
1. elliot w. eisner, connoisseurship, criticism and the art of education (infed)
2. Ten Lessons the Arts Teach
3. The Arts and the Creation of Mind
Greene, Maxine (2001) Variations on a Blue Guitar: The Lincoln Center Institute Lectures on Aesthetic Education (Paperback - Jul 2001)
READ #2 : Defining Aesthetic Education - .pdf download
OPTIONAL READ #3: . Maxine Greene, The Wonders of Differences - .pdf download
For 25 years, Maxine Greene has been the philosopher-in-residence at the innovative Lincoln Center Institute, where her work forms the foundation of the Institute's aesthetic education practice. Each summer she addresses teachers from across the country, representing all grade levels, through LCI's intensive professional development sessions. Variations on a Blue Guitar contains a selection of these never-before-published lectures touching on the topics of aesthetic education, imagination and transformation, educational renewal and reform, excellence, standards, and cultural diversity -- powerful ideas for today's educators. (Barnes & Noble)
OPTIONAL READ #4: Kindler, Anna M., Significance of Adult Input In Early Childhood Artistic Development, - .pdf download
(chapter) The Visual Arts and Early Childhood Learning, By Christine MarmŽ Thompson. Published by National Art Education Association, 1995. ISBN 0937652806, 9780937652800. 108 pages. This anthology focuses on the earliest art expressions, experiences and encounters of young children in the educational setting. The 21 chapters
Other Anna Kindler readings:
1. Child Development in Art, By Anna M Kindler. Published by National Art Education Association, 1997. ISBN 0937652776, 9780937652770. p 202
(chapter) from The Visual Arts and Early Childhood Learning, By Christine MarmŽ Thompson. Published by National Art Education Association, 1995. ISBN 0937652806, 9780937652800. 108 pages
Other Cynthia Colbert readings:
1. Integrated Curriculum and Developmentally Appropriate
2. Adventures in Art: Kindergarten
OPTIONAL READ #6: Dewey, John., Art as Experience , (chapter 9) The Common Substance of the Arts - .pdf download Published by Perigee, 2005. ISBN 0399531971, 9780399531972. 371 pages
Contextual Theories
Reggio Emillio, Aesthetic Codes in Early Childhood Classrooms:
Rodolf Arheim, Visual Thinking, University of California Press
Constructivism - http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/constructivism.html
Web Quests
Bluebird Quest -- http://www2.lhric.org/kat/BLUE.HTM
Culture Quest -- http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/6676/quests.html
An extensive index of free sites for teachers –http://www.sitesforteachers.com/index3.html
Best on the Web for Teachers - http://teachers.teach-nology.com/index4.html
Pro Teacher Directory: Learning Styles - http://www.proteacher.com/040009.shtml
Education World: Assistive Devices - http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech086.shtml
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