The muses go to school : inspiring stories about the importance of arts in education / edited by Herbert Kohl and Thomas Oppenheim.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kohl, Herbert R.

Oppenheim, Tom.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arts--Study and teaching.

Arts.

Education--Aims and objectives.

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What do Whoopi Goldberg, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Rosie Perez, and Phylicia Rashad have in common? A transformative encounter with the arts during their school years. Whether attending a play for the first time, playing in the school orchestra, painting a mural under the direction of an art teacher, or writing a poem, these famous performers each credit an experience with the arts at school with helping them discover their inner humanity and putting them on the road to fully realized creative lives.In The Muses Go to School, autobiographical pieces with well-known artists a

Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; Preface: The Necessity of Art in Public Education by Herbert Kohl; Introduction: The Arts and Social Justice by Tom Oppenheim; 1. "Tears in the Dark": The Arts as a Vehiclefor the Discovery of the Self; 2. "Communication from One's Heart":The Arts and the Development of Self-Discipline; 3. "An Affair with One's Soul": The Artsand the Development of Cultural Identity; 4. "Good, Hard Work": The Arts, LifelongCommitments, Pleasures, and Pains; 5. "Teaching on the Bandstand":The Intergenerational Legacy of the Arts

6. "Walking into the Fire": The Artsas an Integrative Force in Learning7. "I Taste It When I Look at It":The Importance of Arts for ThoseWho Learn Differently; 8. "The Only Thing That Will Save Us fromOurselves": The Arts, Social Engagement,and Social Transformation; 9. "Enriching Society": The CommunalPower of the Arts; 10. "Rebellions, Breakthroughs, and SecretGardens": The Arts and Imagination; Afterword by Robert Jackson; A Note to the Reader

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786613792433

9781281884558

1281884553

9781595587688

1595587683

OCLC:

774274290