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This is a guide for those interested in the role of the arts in education, both research and practice.  It includes the visual arts and drama.

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Art
Children's literature
Education

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Background information

The Routledge international handbook of the arts and education / edited by Mike Fleming, Liora Bresler and John O'Toole.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » NX294 .R68 2015
Handbook of research and policy in art education / edited by Elliot W. Eisner, Michael D. Day.
Mahwah, N.J.: National Art Education Association : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reference (non-circulating) » N103 .H36 2004
"Sponsored by the National Art Education and assembled by an internationally known group of art educators, this thirty-six chapter handbook provides an overview of the remarkable progress that has characterized this field in recent decades. Organized into six sections, it profiles and integrates the following elements of this relatively new and loosely coupled field: history, policy, learning, curriculum and instruction, assessment, and competing perspectives."
International handbook of research in arts education. Part 1 [electronic resource] / editor, Liora Besler.
Dordrecht, The Netherlands : Springer, c2007.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
21st century education : a reference handbook / edited by Thomas L. Good.
Los Angeles : SAGE Publications, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reference (non-circulating) » LA210 .A15 2008 V.1
Chapter 40, pp. 369-378 gives an overview of the arts in education, including a bibliography of suggested readings.

New books

In the spirit of the studio : learning from the Atelier of Reggio Emilia / edited by Lella Gandini, Lynn Hill, Louise Cadwell, and Charles Schwall ; foreword by Steven Seidel.
Second edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1139.5 .A78 I52 2015
Practice-oriented.
Exploring studio materials : teaching creative art making to children / Mary Hafeli, Columbia University, Teachers College.
First Edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » N350 .H15 2015
Practice-oriented.
Doctoral writing in the creative and performing arts / [editors, Louise Ravelli, Brian Paltridge, Sue Starfield].
Faringdon, Oxfordshire : Libri Pub., 2014.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2369 .D55 2014
Arts integration and special education : an inclusive theory of action for student engagement / edited by Alida Anderson.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3970 .A78 2015
Art, Kids, and Institutions : A Brief Memoir of Teaching / Richard Olsen.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » N89.2 .O47 A3 2011
Art-centered learning across the curriculum : integrating contemporary art in the secondary school classroom / Julia Marshall, David M. Donahue with contributions by Rick Ayers [and four others] ; foreword by Lois Hetland.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » NC363 .M37 2014
Practice-oriented.
Hearts and minds without fear : unmasking the sacred in teacher preparation / Barbara A. Clark, James Joss French.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1707 .C59 2014
Young children as artists : art and design in the early years and key stage 1 / Suzy Tutchell.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1139.5 .A78 T87 2014
Practice-oriented.
Inventing imaginary worlds : from childhood play to adult creativity across the arts and sciences / Michelle Root-Bernstein.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1137 .R63 2014
Creating meaning through literature and the arts : arts integration for classroom teachers / Claudia E. Cornett.
5th ed. Loose-leaf version. Boston, MA : Allyn & Bacon/Pearson, c2015.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » NX280 .C67 2015
Practice-oriented.
The English teacher's drama handbook : from theory to practice / Nicholas McGuinn.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » PN3171 .M354 2014
Practice-oriented.
Aesthetic practices and adult education / edited by Darlene E. Clover, Kathy Sanford and Shauna Butterwick.
London ; New York : Routledge, 2014.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC5225 .S64 A37 2014
The decorated school : essays on the visual culture of schooling / [editors] Catherine Burke, Jeremy Howard, Peter Cunningham.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1051 .D354 2013
Zero tolerance and other plays : disrupting xenophobia, racism and homophobia in school / by Tara Goldstein.
Rotterdam : Sense Publishers, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » PR9199.4 .G65 Z47 2013
Visual thinking strategies : using art to deepen learning across school disciplines / Philip Yenawine.
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Education Press, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » N350 .Y46 2013
From STEM to STEAM : using brain-compatible strategies to integrate the arts / David A. Sousa, Thomas Pilecki.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1591 .S68 2013
Arts, media, and justice : multimodal explorations with youth / edited by Lalitha Vasudevan and Tiffany DeJaynes.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » NX280 .A72 2013
Graphic novels and comics in the classroom : essays on the educational power of sequential art / edited by Carrye Kay Syma and Robert G. Weiner ; foreword by Robert V. Smith ; afterword by Mel Gibson.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1044.9 .C59 G73 2013
Practice-oriented.
Everyday artists : inquiry and creativity in the early childhood classroom / Dana Frantz Bentley ; foreword by Judith M. Burton.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1140.5 .A7 B46 2013
Practice-oriented.
Studio thinking 2 : the real benefits of visual arts education / Lois Hetland, Ellen Winner, Shirley Veenema, and Kimberly M. Sheridan ; foreword to the second edition by Louise Music ; foreword to the first edition by David N. Perkins.
Second Edition. New York : Teachers College Press, [2013]
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » N353 .S78 2013
Practice-oriented.
Culturally relevant arts education for social justice : a way out of no way / edited by Mary Stone Hanley, George W. Noblit, Gilda L. Sheppard, Tom Barone.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC191.4 .C84 2013
The arts and emergent bilingual youth : building culturally responsive, critical, and creative education in school and community contexts / [edited by] Sharon Verner Chappell and Christian J. Faltis.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC3621 .A78 2013
Practice-oriented.
Creative arts in the lives of young children : play, imagination and learning / edited by Robyn Ewing.
Camberwell, Vic. : ACER Press, 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » NX280 .C74 2013
Practice-oriented.
Young children, pedagogy and the arts : ways of seeing / edited by Felicity McArdle and Gail Boldt.
New York, N. Y. : Routledge, 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1591 .Y68 2013
The age of the image : redefining literacy in a world of screens / Stephen Apkon.
1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1068 .A75 2013
Creativity in the classroom : case studies in using the arts in teaching and learning in higher education / edited by Paul McIntosh and Digby Warren.
Bristol ; Chicago, IL : Intellect, 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1062 .C738 2013
Practice-oriented.
Curricular conversations : play is the (missing) thing / Margaret Macintyre Latta.
New York, NY : Routledge, 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2806.15 .M326 2013
Using art to teach reading comprehension strategies : lesson plans for teachers / Jennifer Klein and Elizabeth Stuart.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1525.4 .K54 2013
Practice-oriented.
The learner-directed classroom : developing creative thinking skills through art / edited by Diane B. Jaquith, Nan E. Hathaway ; foreword by Patrick Fahey.
New York : Teachers College Press, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » N350 .L36 2012
Practice-oriented.
A reason to read : linking literacy and the arts / Eileen Landay, Kurt Wootton.
Cambridge, MA : Harvard Education Press, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC151 .L36 2012
Practice-oriented.

Journals

Art education [microform].
[Reston, Va., etc.] National Art Education Association.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Ask at circulation desk » MFILM N.S. 7976
Full-text online from 1948 to present. "Articles, special reports and thematic issues on all aspects of art education published by the National Art Education Association."
The International journal of art & design education.
Oxford : Blackwell, 2000-
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » N7425 .J6 V.27 2008
"Published under the auspices of the National Society for Education in Art and Design."
International journal of education & the arts [electronic resource].
Tempe, Ariz. : Arizona State University, 2000-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
"The International Journal of Education & the Arts currently serves as an open access platform for scholarly dialogue. Our commitment is to the highest forms of scholarship invested in the significances of the arts in education and the education within the arts....The journal primarily publishes peer reviewed research-based field studies including, among others, aesthetics, art theory, music education, visual arts education, media education, drama education, dance education, education in literature, and narrative and holistic integrated studies that cross or transcend these fields."
School arts.
Worcester, Mass. : Davis Press, 1935-
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks
"School Arts is a national magazine committed to promoting excellence, advocacy, and professional support for educators in the visual arts."
Visual arts research.
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1982-
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » N81 .R4 V.37-38 NO.72-75 2011-2012

Databases

Education databases

ERIC [electronic resource] : the educational resources information center.
[Washington, DC : National Library of Education?, 199?-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Bibliographic database of educational resources including articles, reports, and curriculum.
Education full text [electronic resource].
[Bronx, N.Y.] : H.W. Wilson Co.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Indexes and abstracts articles of English-language periodicals and books on education from 1983 on. Abstracting coverage begins with January 1994. Full-text coverage begins in January 1996 and is available for over half the 600 journals indexed.
Education week American education news site of record [electronic resource].
Bethesda, MD : Editorial Projects in Education, Inc.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Teachers College record book reviews [electronic resource].
Birmingham, AL : Teachers College Record
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
"Teachers College Record Book Reviews provides comprehensive reviews of the leading books in education and educational research by major scholars in these fields. "

Related databases

Art full text [electronic resource].
[Bronx, N.Y.] : H.W. Wilson
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
PsycINFO [electronic resource].
[Bethesda, Md.] : Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Sociological abstracts.
[San Diego, etc., Sociological Abstracts, inc.]
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » HM1 .S67 V.52:NO.6 2004

Children's books

Recently received

Cover image of The iridenscence of birds
The iridescence of birds : a book about Henri Matisse / Patricia MacLachlan ; pictures by Hadley Hooper.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ND553 .M37 M25 2014
Lexile measure AD240L; Ages 4-8; Gr.K-3
Firebird : ballerina Misty Copeland shows a young girl how to dance like the firebird / Misty Copeland ; illustrated by Christopher Myers.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3603 .O6443 F57 2014
Ages 5-8; Gr.1-3; Coretta Scott King illustrator award winner, 2015
Cover image of Go
Go : a Kidd's guide to graphic design / Chip Kidd.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » NC1000 .K53 2013
Lexile measure 1100; Ages 10 and up; gr.8-12
Willy's pictures / Anthony Browne.
London ; Boston : Walker, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR6052 .R6173 W565 2008 F
Lexile measure AD480; Book level 3; Ages 4-8; gr. k-2
Cover image of Harlem's little blackbird
Harlem's little blackbird / words by Renée Watson ; pictures by Christian Robinson.
1st ed. New York : Random House Children's Books, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ML3930.M63 W37 2012
Lexile measure AD770L; Ages 6-9; Gr.1-3
Big book of things to draw / Fiona Watt, Anna Milbourne & Rosie Dickens ; designed and illustrated by Non Figg, Jan McCafferty & Antonia Miller ; additional design and illustration by Doriana Berkovic ... [et al.] ; photographs by Howard Allman.
Tulsa, OK : EDC, 2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » NC730 .W4 2007 F
Cover image of Diego Rivera
Diego Rivera : an artist for the people / Susan Goldman Rubin.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ND259 .R5 R83 2013
Lexile measure 980; gr.5-8

Other books

Cover image of The bird king
The bird king : an artist's notebook / Shaun Tan.
1st American ed. New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » NC994.5 .T36 A4 2013
Ages 11-15, gr. 7-12
Chasing Vermeer / by Blue Balliett ; illustrated by Brett Helquist.
1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2004.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3602 .A623 C48 2004
Chester / written and illustrated by Mélanie Watt.
Toronto : Kids Can Press, c2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR9199.4 .W383 C48 2007
Diego Rivera : his world and ours / Duncan Tonatiuh.
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ND259 .R5 T57 2011
Awards: Pura Belpré Illustrator award, 2012.; Lexile measure 1040; Book level 4.9; Ages 5-10, gr. K-3
The dot / Peter H. Reynolds.
1st ed. Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3568 .E8964 D68 2003
Lexile measure 500; Ages 5-9; Grade level 2.1; Realistic fiction, gr. K-3
Drawing from memory / Allen Say.
1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » NC975.5 .S39 A2 2011
Awards: Sibert Honor Book, 2012; Ages 10-15; Autobiography, gr. 5-8
Face book / Chuck Close.
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » N6537 .C54 A2 2012
Ages 8-12; biography; gr. 5-8
Grandma's gift / Eric Velasquez.
1st U.S. ed. New York : Walker, 2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3622 .E4356 G73 2010
Ages 5-9; Book level 5.3; Realistic Fiction, gr. 1-3
Harlem stomp! : a cultural history of the Harlem Renaissance / by Laban Carrick Hill.
1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, c2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.6 .H515 2003
Lexile measure 1270; ages 11-18; book level 6; general nonfiction, gr. 8-12
The illustrator's notebook / by Mohieddine Ellabbad.
Toronto : Groundwood Books, 2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » NC993 .E392 E4413 2006
Insectlopedia : poems and paintings / by Douglas Florian.
1st ed. San Diego : Harcourt Brace, c1998.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3556 .L589 I57 1998
The house Baba built : an artist's childhood in China / Ed Young, text as told to Libby Koponen.
1st ed. New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » NC975.5 .Y68 A2 2011 F
Ages 7-14, gr. 5-9
Cover image of Leonardo, beautiful dreamer
Leonardo, beautiful dreamer / Robert Byrd.
1st ed. New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » N6923 .L33 B97 2003 F
Lexile measure 1120; Ages 10-14; Grade level 5.9; Nonfiction, gr. 4-8
Leonardo's horse / Jean Fritz ; illustrated by Hudson Talbott.
New York : Putnam, c2001.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » NB1230 .F75 2001 F
Lexile measure 660; Book level 4.6; Ages 5-12; Biography and Autobiography; gr. 4-7
Louis Armstrong, Ambassador Satchmo / by Jean Gay Cornell ; illustrated by Victor Mays.
New York : Dell Pub. Co., 1975, c1972.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ML3930 .A736 C7 1975
Gr. 2-5
Magic windows / cut-paper art and stories by Carmen Lomas Garz a ; as told to Harriet Rohmer ; edited by David Schecter ; Spanish translation by Francisco X. Alarcón = Ventanas mágicas / papel picado y relatos de Carmen Lomas Garza ; contados a Harriet Rohmer ; editados por David Schecter ; traducidos al español por Francisco X. Alarcón.
San Francisco, Calif. : Children's Book Press, c1999.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E184 .M5 L59 1999
Lexile measure 710; ages 9-12, book level 5, gr. 4-9
Me and Momma and Big John / Mara Rockliff ; illustrated by William Low.
1st ed. Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick, 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3618 .O354464 M4 2012 F
Cover image of Me, Frida
Me, Frida / by Amy Novesky ; illustrated by David Diaz.
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3614 .O9275 M4 2010
Book level 3.6; Ages 6-10, gr. 1-3
Mosque / David Macaulay.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., c2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » NA4670 .M33 2003 F
Lexile measure 1340; Book level 8.4; Ages 9 and up, gr. 5-9
Romare Bearden : collage of memories / by Jan Greenberg.
New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » N6537 .B4 G74 2003
Cover image of The shape game
The shape game / Anthony Browne.
1st American ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » NC978.5 .B768 B76 2003
El juego de las formas / Anthony Browne ; [traducción de Ernestina Loyo].
1. ed. en español. México : Fondo de Cultural Económica, 2004.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR6052 .R6173 S4818 2004
This life / Sidney Poitier.
1st ed. New York : Knopf, 1980.
Green Library » Stacks » PN2287 .P57 A37
Autobiography and biography, gr. 9-12
When Marian sang : the true recital of Marian Anderson : the voice of a century / libretto [i.e. text] by Pam Muñoz Ryan ; staging [i.e. illustrations] by Brian Selznick.
1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2002.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » ML3930 .A5 R93 2002
Lexile measure 780; ages 7-10; book level 5.2; biography; gr. K-5
Cover image of The wall
The wall : growing up behind the Iron Curtain / Peter Sís.
1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » NC975.5 .S57 A2 2007 F
Ages 9-15; book level 5.2; autobiography; informational, gr. 7-12
When a line bends-- a shape begins / Rhonda Gowler Greene ; illustrated by James Kaczman.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1997.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3607 .R4527 W48 1997
Las pinturas de Willy / Anthony Browne ; [traducción de Carmen Esteva].
1. ed. en español. México, D.F. : Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2000
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR6052 .R6173 W55 2000 F

Websites

Annenberg Learner.org

"Teacher resources and teacher professional development programming across the curriculum"

National Art Education Association

"This dynamic community of practice is where visual arts teachers, scholars, researchers and professors, students, administrators, and art museum educators, and artists come together around a shared belief in the power of the arts in developing human potential."