George W Noblit, H Dickson Corbett, Bruce L Wilson

Creating and Sustaining Arts-Based School Reform

The A+ Schools Program

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This comprehensive, longitudinal analysis of arts in education initiatives, based on the A+ School Program, discusses the political, fiscal, and curricular implications inherent in taking the arts seriously and offers a model for implementation and evaluation that can be widely adapted in other schools and school districts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 10
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 150mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9780805861495
• ISBN-10: 0805861491
• Artikelnr.: 25854182

Autorenporträt

George W. Noblit is the Joseph R. Neikirk Distinguished Professor of Sociology of Education and Chair of Culture, Curriculum and Change in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. H. Dickson Corbett is an Independent Educational Researcher conducting evaluations of school reform initiatives. Bruce L. Wilson is an Independent Educational Researcher engaged in longitudinal research and evaluation projects focused on improving teaching and learning conditions in schools with populations of high poverty. Monica B. McKinney is Associate Professor, School of Education, Meredith College.

Inhaltsangabe

@contents:
Selected Contents:
Preface
About the Authors
Chapter 1
Introduction
Chapter 2
An Unusual Development
Chapter 3
Arts in Education: From Threatened Curriculum to a Way to Reform Schools
Chapter 4
Turning the Vision into Reality
Chapter 5
Reform Persistence in A+ Schools
Chapter 6
School Identity and Arts Integration
Chapter 7
Sustaining Arts-based School Reform
Chapter 8
Sustaining Change: The Difference the Arts Make in Schools
Chapter 9
Creative and Lasting School Reform: Lessons from the Arts
Appendix
References