Delivering Authentic Arts Education (5th Edition)

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This market-leading practical text helps student teachers develop their confidence, understanding and skills to effectively and authentically teach arts. With a strong balance between theory and practice, Delivering Authentic Arts Education outlines the true nature of the key learning area of arts education and its importance in the curriculum, emphasising the arts as forms of creative activity, meaning-making and expression in a cultural context. Initial chapters discuss how to recognise and build on existing artistic abilities and pedagogical skills, how to encourage children’s creativity, how to lead arts appreciation experiences, and the general principles of pedagogies, planning and assessment.

Part 1 ends with an example unit of Inquiry Programming: Patterns around us. Part 2 specifically examines the five arts areas: dance, drama, media arts, music and visual arts. Authentic, local visuals demonstrate real learning environments in a contemporary setting. Resources for the instructor include Instructor's Guide, PowerPoints, extra units of inquiry, templates and worksheets, and student and instructor notes on units of inquiry. Premium online teaching and learning tools are available on the MindTap platform.

New to Edition

• NEW authentic, local visuals to engage students, especially photos of children in Chapter 7, 'Dance', and artworks in Chapters 5 and 6

• The author has restructured the contents to create a more visible structure that will be easier for students to follow. The previous Chapter 5, 'Planning, pedagogy, and assessment for authentic arts learning' has been split into two chapters: Chapter 5, 'Pedagogies for authentic arts learning', and Chapter 6, 'Planning and assessment for authentic arts learning'. The Part 3 'Units of inquiry' content is now at the end of Part 1 as a section – 'Programming: Patterns around us'. The rationale for this is based on organising arts education around four artistic learning processes (invent, make, connect, reflect) and using these processes to structure the content across Chapter 2, (these are four processes for arts learning), Chapter 5 (this is how you need to teach to support these processes), and Chapter 6 (this is how you plan to support these processes)

• Updated and strengthened coverage of important current topics such as well-being for teachers and children, delivering arts virtually and the use of technology, online and blended learning, and The Alice Springs (Mparntwe) Education Declaration

Features

• Cross-Curricular Priorities (CCP) icon clearly directs pre-service teachers to content relating to the three CCP areas of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures, Asia and Australia's Engagement with Asia, and Sustainability

• End-of-chapter learning activities and further readings help pre-service teachers consolidate learning and supplement the material presented in the chapter

• For more effective learning, the 'At-a-glance' boxes provide quick overviews of key concepts, practical tips and useful resources

• High quality online educational resources support teaching and learning in the 'Online resources for Arts' annotated lists

• Instructor Website: your #1 resource for your course. This tailored collection of teaching tools includes downloadable PowerPoint lecture slides, Instructor's Manual, and Artwork. New to this edition are Go Further student downloads. The Instructor's Manual is packed with content that helps you set up and administer your class: Learning objectives, tutorial activities and discussion activities. Log in or request an account to access instructor resources at au.cengage.com/instructor/account for Australia or nz.cengage.com/instructor/account for New Zealand.

• Premium online teaching and learning tools are available on the MindTap platform—the personalised eLearning solution. MindTap is a flexible and easy-to-use platform that helps build student confidence and gives you a clear picture of their progress. MindTap for Dinham's Delivering Authentic Arts Education is full of innovative resources to support critical thinking and help your students move from memorisation to mastery! Includes: Dinham's Delivering Authentic Arts Education eBook; Go Further templates and worksheets; Interactive Learning Objects; video quizzes; revision quizzes; extra units of inquiry. MindTap is a premium purchasable eLearning tool. Contact your Cengage learning consultant to find out how MindTap can transform your course.

• Readers explore authentic arts education in practice through the 'Classroom snapshot' boxes with real-life examples

• Readers identify important educationalists, influential theorists and selected well-known artists using the 'Key people' icons

• Readers learn how to plan quality primary arts programs using the frameworks at the end of Part 1 Programming: Patterns around us for developing units of inquiry. This section includes sample lessons and other resources that demonstrate authentic arts education. Further samples are available from instructors

• Student-teachers develop their own activities to introduce children to the relevant arts principles, elements and skills with the activities suggested in the 'Starter ideas' boxes