Strong arts, strong schools : the promising potential and shortsighted disregard of the arts in American schooling / Charles Fowler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fowler, Charles, 1931-1995

Contributor:

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States.

Arts--Study and teaching--United States.

Arts.

Physical Description:

vii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.

Summary:

In this passionate, eloquent book, the late Charles Fowler argues that, far from a luxury, the arts are a vitally important part of our society and our schools. In 18 compelling essays, Fowler demonstrates the importance of the arts in our culture and the necessity of rescuing the arts for our future. He offers specific recommendations for reform--including how to pay the bill.

At a time when Americans are increasingly concerned with finding jobs and economic stability, supporting families, and surviving in the global economy, many consider the arts to be a luxury, a frivolous distraction which entices students away from real learning. In Strong Arts, Strong Schools, Charles Fowler argues that, far from a luxury, the arts are a vitally important part of our society and our schools. Speaking directly to educators, policy makers, and parents alike, Fowler presents a compelling defense of the arts and their importance in our lives. The arts illuminate "life in all its m.

Contents:

Part 1 Conditions 3

1 One Nation, Undercultured and Underqualified 7

2 The Arts and Economics: Opportunities Missed, Misunderstood, and Minimalized 15

3 Society and the Schools: A Dynamic Relationship 25

Part 2 Justification 35

4 Recognizing the Arts as Forms of Intelligence 39

5 Strong Arts, Strong Schools 46

6 Cheating Our Children: Why Every Child Needs the Arts 57

7 Improving General Education Through the Arts 67

8 Developing New Audiences 74

Part 3 Curriculum 83

9 All Arts, All Students 85

10 The Arts as Academic, Basic, and Comprehensive 99

11 Whose Culture Should Be Taught? 112

12 The Shameful Neglect of Creativity 119

13 Cultivating the Arts in High School 128

14 The Correlation with Academic Achievement 138

Part 4 Reform 149

15 Redefining the Mission: Value-Centered Arts Education 153

16 The Arts as Catalysts for Educational Reform 161

17 Overhauling Teacher Education: Can It Be Done? 169

18 An Agenda: What Should We Expect? 179

19 Prospects: How Do We Get There? 193.

Conditions

One nation, undercultured and underqualified

The arts and economics: opportunities missed, misunderstood, and minimalized

Society and the schools: a dynamic relationship

Justification

Recognizing the arts as forms of intelligence

Strong arts, strong schools

Cheating our children: why every child needs the arts

Improving general education through the arts

Developing new audiences

Curriculum

All arts, all students

The arts as a cademic, basic, and comprehensive

Whose culture should be taught?

The shameful neglect of creativity

Cultivating the arts in high school

The correlation with academic achievement

Reform

Redefining the mission: value-centered arts education

The arts as catalysts for educational reform

Overhauling teacher education: can it be done?

An agenda: what should we expect?

Prospects: how do we get there?

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

0195100891

9780195100891

OCLC:

32893226