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Arts Education Reference Books

Arnheim, R. (1974). ART AND VISUAL PERCEPTION, A PSYCHOLOGY OF THE CREATIVE EYE. The new Version. Berkeley: The University of California Press.

Bennett, W. (December 1987/January 1988). "Why the Arts are Essential, A report on Elementary Education in America" -- US Department of Education, 1986. In EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP.

Burton, J. (1980). "Developing Minds, Beginnings of Artistic Language." In SCHOOL ARTS. September, October and November.

Davis, J. (1994). "Beyond school walls: Challenges to collaborations between public schools and community arts centers." In C. Fineberg (Ed.), ART EDUCATION POLICY REVIEW, 95(5), 12-14.

Dewey, John. ART AS EXPERIENCE. New York: Perigee Books, 1980.

Dunn, Phillip. (1987). PROMOTING SCHOOL ART: A PRACTICAL APPROACH. Virginia: The National Art Education Association.

Efland, A. (1990). "A History of Art Education, Intellectual and Social Currents in Teaching the Visual Arts." New York: Teachers College, Columbia University, 1990.

Efland, A. (1992). "The threefold curriculum and the arts." ART EDUCATION, 49 (5), 49-56.

Eisner, E. (1992). THE DBAE HANDBOOK: AN OVERVIEW OF DISCIPLINE-BASED ART EDUCATION. Santa Monica: The J. Paul Getty Trust.

Eisner, E. (1997). "The roots of art in schools: an historical view from a contemporary perspective." In EDUCATING ARTISTIC VISION (pp. 29-63). Reston, Virginia: The National Art Education Association.

Eisner, Elliot W. (1982). COGNITION AND CURRICULUM: A BASIS FOR DECIDING WHAT TO TEACH, New York: Longman Publishing Co.

Fowler, C. (1996). STRONG ARTS, STRONG SCHOOLS. New York: Oxford University Press.

Gallas K. (1994). THE LANGUAGES OF LEARNING: HOW CHILDREN TALK, WRITE, DANCE, DRAW AND SING THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD. New York: Teachers College Press.

Gardner, H. (1982). ART, MIND & BRAIN. A COGNITIVE APPROACH TO CREATIVITY. New York: Basic Books Inc. Publishers.

Gardner, H. (1985). FRAMES OF MIND. New York: Basic Books.

Gardner, H. (1989). "Zero-based arts education: An introduction to Arts PROPEL." STUDIES IN ART EDUCATION: A JOURNAL OF ISSUES AND RESEARCH, 30 (2), 71-83.

Goodman, N. (1976). THE LANGUAGES OF ART. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Co.

Greene, M. (1978). "Towards wide-awakenings: An argument for the arts and humanities in education." In LANDSCAPES OF LEARNING (pp. 161-167). New York: Teachers College Press.

Hanna, J. L. (1999). PARTNERING DANCE AND EDUCATION: INTELLIGENT MOVES FOR CHANGING TIMES. Illinois: Human Kinetics.

Kern, E.J. (1985). "The purposes of art education in the United States from 1870 to 1980." In THE HISTORY OF ART EDUCATION (pp. 40-52). PA: The Pennsylvania State University College of Arts and Architecture School of Visual Arts.

Libman, Karen (Winter 1992). "Integrating Drama into the Curriculum." In DRAMA/THEATRE TEACHER III, pp. 19-24.

Lowenfeld, V. & Brittain, W.L. (1975). CREATIVE AND MENTAL GROWTH. New York: MacMillan Publishing Company.

Reimer, B. "A Comprehensive Arts Curriculum Model." In DESIGN FOR ARTS EDUCATION, 90 (6), 2-16.

Reimer, B. & Smith, R.A., Eds. (1991). THE ARTS, EDUCATION, AND AESTHETIC KNOWING, NINETY-FIRST YEARBOOK OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF EDUCATION. Part II (pp. 70-91). Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

Remer, J. (1996) BEYOND ENRICHMENT: BUILDING EFFECTIVE ARTS PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOLS AND YOUR COMMUNITY. New York: American Council for the Arts. http://ww3.artsusa.org/

Smith, R. & Simpson, A, Eds., (1991). AESTHETICS AND ARTS EDUCATION. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press.

"What Every Young American Should Know and Be Able to Do in the Arts." In NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR ARTS EDUCATION. The Consortium of National Arts Education Association, Virginia, 1994.