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Is aimed at pre-service and beginner teachers who would like to teach the arts in their classroom but don't feel they have the skills or knowledge to implement a quality program. Introduces students to music, dance, art and drama and encourages them to challenge children to move deeper into their understanding and experience.
This collection of reflections is the first time that a group of Australian music educators has reflected on their doctoral journey describing and commenting on relevant academic, personal and other aspects relating to this intellectual rite of passage.
Every Friday, Jack spends the day with his Grandma. They romp roly-poly on the ground, they read stories and they eat cake. Then, one cold and rainy Friday, they make the potato people . . .
Musical Childhoods is a culmination of more than a decade of research driven by the fact that music has been neglected in early childhood programs in favour of literacy and numeracy. Recent research has identified a connection between academic performance and musical programs and this has given music a renewed status in many schools. This book promotes the idea of children’s competence in the use of the language of music and argues that all children have a right to participate in musical discovery and celebrates children’s engagement with meaningful and disparate experiences in music. Written by leading practitioners and researchers in the field, this book seeks to reaffirm children’s ...
The post-millennium world has been experiencing several recognisable historical milestones with regard to arts, culture and heritage. One of these has been the resuscitation and revival of creative elements of the arts, culture and heritage of previously marginalised or disadvantaged communities around the world. Until recently, there had been scant regard and skewed allocation of resources for these, but lately attempts have been made to promote and sustain them in order to enable the socio-economic aspirations of a multicultural society. The contributions brought together here are the product of papers that were presented during a conference on “Strategic Repositioning of Arts, Culture and Heritage in the 21st Century”. They cover a broad spectrum of subjects such as indigeneity, music, song and identity, politics, national reconciliation, education, product development, and national development.
This custom edition is published for Edith Cowan University. It is compiled from: Children, Meaning-Making and the Arts, 2nd edition, Susan Wright MMADD About the Arts: An Introduction to Primary Arts Education, 4th edition, Deirdre Russell-Bowie Pretending to Learn: Helping Children Learn Through Drama, John O'Toole and Julie Dunn Creating Environments for Learning: Birth to Age Eight, 3rd edition, Julie Bullard Creating Meaning Through Literature and the Arts, 5th edition, Claudia E Cornett
See entry for Years K-2. This volume is directed at the content of the student workbooks for years 3-6.
Lily Hippo's family and friends often complain that she is too loud and noisy, but that loudness makes her a hit in the school play.