Artworks for Elementary Teaching : Developing Artistic and Perceptual Awareness / Art Starts

Artworks for Elementary Teachers serves elementary education majors with little or no prior background in art. It provides introductory experiences both in knowing how to create art and how to respond to it. The four areas of study in discipline-based art education—aesthetics, art production, art criticism and art history—are covered thoroughly and have been thoroughly updated to include the latest in state and national standards.

New to This Edition:

• Lesson Plans: A supplemental lesson plan packet, Art Starts, is available free with every copy of the text. These plans offer programs and activities for the elementary classroom and are a valuable resource for future teachers.
• Computers in the Classroom: Chapter Six focuses on interactive technology in the elementary classroom and includes Web and other resource recommendations. Chapter Six also includes complete coverage of national and state Comprehensive Arts Standards, as well as DBAE.
• Up-to-date: Current research and current trends in art (including Post-Modernism) are reflected throughout. Further, the art program reflects a more diverse, multicultural body of artists.
• Student Work Color Gallery: In addition to the professional color gallery, the ninth edition includes a separate color gallery spotlighting elementary school student work.
• Interactive Extensions: At the end of each chapter these exercises offer students the opportunity to critically and reflectively interact with the art about which they are learning.
• Two-Color: The text is now two-color throughout and has been completely redesigned.
• Glossary: Incorporating pronunciations, definitions, and index entries, this new appendix provides a much needed resource for students.

Features

• This is the only text written specifically for non-art majors who will be required to provide K-6 elementary art experiences. It helps students become knowledgeable about art so that they can in turn create meaningful lesson plans.

PART I—ARTISTS MAKE ART

Chapter 1: Artists and the Images They Make: Artworks in Diverse Cultures and Times

PART II—UNDERSTANDING AND PRODUCING ART

Chapter 2: Understanding and Using the Elements of Art
Chapter 3: Understanding and Using the Principles of Art
Chapter 4: Art Criticism, Art History, and Aesthetics

PART III—CHILDREN IN THE ART CLASSROOM

Chapter 5: When Children Make and Respond to Art
Chapter 6: New Directions for the 21st Century: Technology and Curriculum Resources

PART IV—THE WORLD OF ART

Chapter 7: A Narrative Time Line of World Art: Looking at Western and non-Western Artworks

RESOURCES

Glossary
Pronunciation Guide
Art Forms: Two-and Three-Dimensional
Resources for Art Education
Notes and Bibliography
Index