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Creative Arts, The: A Process Approach for Teachers and Children, 4/E
Linda Carol Edwards, College of Charleston

ISBN-10: 0131700286
ISBN-13: 9780131700284

Publisher: Merrill
Copyright: 2006
Format: Paper; 400 pp
Published: 06/20/2005

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For courses in Creative Arts in Early Childhood Education.

This text emphasizes process over product in guiding preservice teachers to guide preschoolers and primary-grade chidren in creatively expressing themselves in the arts: visual arts, dance and movement, and drama.  Key changes to this edition include a new feature on extending creativity into the home with families, more multicultural content and examples of multicultural art forms, and a new section in each chapter addressing national standards.

  • NEW - Inclusion of national standards-For drama, visual arts, dance, and music and examples of how teachers can address them. (Ex. pp 143-146, 218-219).
  • NEW - A Family's Role feature in each chapter-Explaining how families can support children's creative activities at home. (Ex. pp 135, 164).
  • NEW - Expanded and deepened multicultural content-In the prose and in exploring the arts through a multicultural context. (Ex. pp 249, 289).
  • NEW - Children's Literature and recommended books-In each chapter for integrating literature and the arts. (Ex. pp 115, 280).
  • NEW - Part of the Merrill Teacher Prep Textbook Series.  Your students' textbook is now the ultimate resource for applying learned strategies to classroom practice.  "Things to Take Into Your Classroom" featured on the front and back cover of every Teacher Prep text lists page references for the book's strategies, plans, activities, lessons, and other resourceful materials for students to use in the classroom--making this text not just a book for learning, but a book for teaching.
  •  Significant studies–Discusses noteworthy studies in music and movement, art, creative dramatics, and literature.

    • Addresses how research is applied to the child's classroom and how college professors can use research studies as a framework for curriculum development in the arts. (Ex. pp 105, 295).

  • Focus on viewing the arts through a multicultural perspective–Highlights the potential of multicultural arts as a resource for creative expression and awareness.

    • Emphasizes ways to incorporate a multicultural/multiethnic perspective into the regular early childhood classroom, and involves teachers in appropriate creative art activities for all children. (Ex. pp 16-17, 19-22).

  • Section on national standards for visual and performing arts and the President's committee on the arts and humanities.

    • Addresses the interconnection between the arts and culture. (Ex. pp 14-15).

  • Theory and practice.

    • Shows students how children learn and why the process is the focus of arts exploration. (Ex. pp 32-33).

  • Multiple Intelligences Theory–Addresses the eight intelligence (naturalist) and discusses all eight intelligences in each chapter.

    • Provides a framework for studying multiple intelligences theory and the implications of this theory for creative arts education. (Ex. pp 236, 204).

  • Margin notes–In every chapter.

    • Provides content-related review questions, integrative questions, and suggestions for appropriate activities. (Ex. pp 120, 128, 134).

  • Vignettes–Open each chapter.

    • Sets the stage for children's involvement in the creative arts process in real-life settings. (Ex. pp 150-151, 188).

  • Comprehensive coverage of affective domain as well as the cognitive and psychomotor domain.

    • Emphasizes the importance of teaching the whole child and the relationship between affective development of children and the arts. (Ex. pp 48, 51).

  • Professional and personal growth features–In each chapter.

    • Promotes personal and professional growth and development through experiential activities. (Ex. pp 185-186, 225-228).

  • Appendices–Provides a complete resource for hands-on creative arts experiences on children's literature, songs, and fingerplays.

    • Offers a quick reference for locating early childhood education materials. (Ex. pp 319).

  • Inclusion of national standards-For drama, visual arts, dance, and music and examples of how teachers can address them. (Ex. pp 143-146, 218-219).
  • A Family's Role feature in each chapter-Explaining how families can support children's creative activities at home. (Ex. pp 135, 164).
  • Expanded and deepened multicultural content-In the prose and in exploring the arts through a multicultural context. (Ex. pp 249, 289).
  • Children's Literature and recommended books-In each chapter for integrating literature and the arts. (Ex. pp 115, 280).
  • Part of the Merrill Teacher Prep Textbook Series.  Your students' textbook is now the ultimate resource for applying learned strategies to classroom practice.  "Things to Take Into Your Classroom" featured on the front and back cover of every Teacher Prep text lists page references for the book's strategies, plans, activities, lessons, and other resourceful materials for students to use in the classroom--making this text not just a book for learning, but a book for teaching.

Chapter 1-Beginning the Journey

Chapter 2-Understanding the Creative Process

Chapter 3-Exploring Feelings and Images

Chapter 4-Introducing Music and Movement

Chapter 5-Celebrating the Visual Arts

Chapter 6-Encouraging Play and Creative Drama in the Classroom

Chapter 7-Experimenting with Three-Dimensional Art

Chapter 8-Planning for Literature

Chapter 9-Beginning a New Adventure

Appendices

  • Appendix 1: Literature
  • Appendix 2: Music
  • Appendix 3: Fingerplays
  • Appendix 4: Additional Guided Imagery Scripts and Extension Activities

References

Index

Linda Carol Edwards is a professor of Early Childhood in the School of Education at the College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, where she teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses in the visual and performing arts.  Her degrees include a BA from Pembroke State University, and an MEd and EdD from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.  Before moving to the college level, she taught kindergarten for 12 years in the public schools of North Carolina.

Dr. Edwards is the author of Music: A Way of Life for the Young Child, Fifth Edition (Merrill Education/Prentice Hall).  She has been published inYoung Children, Science and Children, Journal of Early Education and Family Review, Dimensions in Early Childhood, and the Delta Kappa Pi Record.  She also serves on the advisory board of Annual Editions: Early Childhood Education.  In addition, Dr. Edwards's experience has enabled her to create graduate programs in early childhood education that have received NCATE/NAEYC approval.  

As an advocate for arts education for young children, she takes the opportunity to present at local, state, and national conferences about the importance of the visual and performing arts in the lives of young children.

This novel text engages future teachers in the processes of creativity to encourage creative growth and participation in their classrooms.  It emphasizes process, rather than product, so teachers learn that once they tap into their own creativity they are better equipped to help children participate in the creative process.

New and expanded content in the fourth edition includes:

  • National standards for drama, visual arts, dance, and music and examples of how teachers can address them
  • A new Families feature in each chapter explaining how families can support children's creative activities at home
  • Expanded and deepened multicultural content in the prose and in exploring the arts through a multicultural context
  • Children's literature and recommended books in each chapter for integrating literature and the arts

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