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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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Subjects

Art
Dance
Theater and drama
Education

Related guides

Creativity and education
Elementary education
Music in education
Children's books about the arts
Children's books with a musical theme

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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) » Stacks » 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 » eResource
21st century education : a reference handbook / edited by Thomas L. Good.
Los Angeles : SAGE Publications, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reference » 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

Democratic education and the public sphere : towards John Dewey's theory of aesthetic experience / Masamichi Ueno.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC71 .U36 2016
Creativity and democracy in education : practices and politics of learning through the arts / Jeff Adams and Allan Owens.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC192.2 .A43 2016
Practice-oriented
Why we need arts education : revealing the common good: making theory and practice work better / Howard Cannatella.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Teaching the arts : early childhood and primary education / David Roy, William Baker, Amy Hamilton.
Second edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » N365 .A8 B354 2015
Practice-oriented
Play and creativity in art teaching / George Szekely.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1137 .S953 2015
Practice-oriented.
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.

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 » eResource
"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.39-40 NO.76-79 2013-2014

Databases

Education databases

ERIC [electronic resource] : the educational resources information center.
[Washington, DC : National Library of Education?, 199?-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
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 » eResource
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 » eResource
Teachers College record book reviews [electronic resource].
Birmingham, AL : Teachers College Record
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
"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 » eResource
PsycINFO [electronic resource].
[Bethesda, Md.] : Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Sociological abstracts.
[San Diego, etc., Sociological Abstracts, inc.]
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » HM1 .S67 V.52:NO.6 2004

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."