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Why Art Matters
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10 Lessons the Arts Teach by Elliot EisnerThe late Elliot Eisner, former Professor of Education at Stanford University, identified 10 lessons which are clarified through the study of art in schools.
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Learning In a Visual Age: The Critical Importance of Visual Arts EducationNEW 2016 Edition! This pivotal monograph explores why visual arts education is more important than ever.
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[VIDEOS] Tell Your Art StoryHear inspiring stories from visual art educators about how art education has impacted their lives and careers.
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Dr. R. Darden Bradshaw
NAEA July Mentor / Assistant Professor of Art Education & Area Coordinator for Art Education, University of Dayton
Monthly Mentor Posts
- Art Integration: Reflections on Challenges and Possibilities for Art Education. Over the last few years, art integration has become a greater focus within our field. I have seen a marked increase in presentations on art integration at NAEA and local state art education conferences, as well as publications about art integration including the engaging Art Centered Learning Across Curriculum: Integrating Contemporary Art in the Secondary School Classroom (2015) by Julia Marshall and David M. Donahue. In this month’s Monthly Mentor Blog, I will focus on a different aspect of art integration in each post. These will include the challenges to integrating visual art, the value of art integration for preservice art educators, strategies for teacher collaboration across disciplinary boundaries, the different ways in which art integration supports critical thinking in various K-12 settings, and the power of art integration as a tool within University study abroad programs.
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