Arts-Based Pedagogies explores the transformative potential of creative-learning through the implementation of arts integration in K-12 classrooms. Contributors share real-world experiences of bringing the arts into their curriculum and share success stories of using interdisciplinary approaches to build vibrant, student-centred environments that enrich student experience without sacrificing academic rigour.
Written from a Canadian perspective, Arts-Based Pedagogies merges theory and practice, providing practical implementations of teaching, learning, evaluation, and assessments that have enriched their own teaching practice and helpful steps pre-service and experienced educators alike can use to engage students in their own classrooms.
Expert contributors explore how various arts including dance, drama, visual arts, and music can cultivate critical thinking, independence, and confidence in students through decentering the Eurocentric methods of teaching and provide more tools and approaches to educators to meet the diverse needs of each student.
A perfect resource for those studying to be the next generation of teachers, this unique text brings the fine arts to the forefront of teaching methodologies and provides practical strategies to implement that will inject the exciting creativity of the arts into any subject for both the educator and the students.
FEATURES
Contains practical insights, tools, and strategies easy for any educator to incorporate into their own classroom
Contributors integrate Black, Indigenous, and Queer experiences and are leading educators in fields such as visual art, dance, drama, and music
Though written in a Canadian context, core concepts from this text can be applied internationally due to a universal approach that will work for most curriculum guidelines across the globe
Pedagogical features include learning objectives, figures, tables, text boxes, discussion questions, end-of-chapter glossaries of key terms, and further reading recommendations
Part I Embodied Practices: Disrupting and Decentering Eurocentric Ways of Teaching and Knowing
Introduction: Why Arts Integration?
Tanya Berg
Chapter 1 Creative Processes as a Way of Knowing
Tanya Berg
Chapter 2 Exploring Culturally Relevant and Responsive Pedagogy in the Context of Arts Education
Emily Burgis and Jilian Stambolich
Chapter 3 Integrating Anti-Racist Collaboration with African-Diasporic Teaching Dance Artists
Collette Murray
Chapter 4 Woven–in: Embodied Learning, Contemporary Indigenous Art, and Art Integration
Artina Marie Voz
Part II Art as a Language of Learning
Chapter 5 Integrating Dance: A Practitioner’s Viewpoint
Marty Sprague
Chapter 6 All the School’s a Stage: Facilitating Performance–Based Practices and Assessment to Foster Students’ Natural Expressiveness
Kevin Brewer
Chapter 7 Enacting Visual Arts as an Authentic Creative Process for Students
Emily Burgis
Chapter 8 Designing Culturally Responsive and Relevant Music Learning in Classrooms
Jilian Stambolich
Conclusion: Fostering Teacher Creativity, Resilience, and Adaptability in an Imperceptible Digital Future
Tanya Berg
Contributor Biographies
Index
Biography
Tanya Berg is a Toronto-based ballet teacher, dance educator, and researcher. Tanya holds a PhD in Dance Studies from York University and is a graduate of Canada’s National Ballet School Teacher Training Program. Tanya currently teaches in the Faculty of Education and the Theatre, Dance and Performance Department at York University as well as in the Faculty of Kinesiology at the University of Toronto. She is the chair of DACI Canada, a chapter of Dance and the Child International. Tanya has presented her research at many international conferences organized by renowned associations of which she remains an active member. Tanya’s publications can be found in journals including Research in Dance Education, Journal of Dance Education, University of Toronto Quarterly, and Theatre Research in Canada / Recherches théâtrales au Canada as well as in the anthologies Ethical Dilemmas in Dance Education: Case Studies on Humanizing Dance Pedagogy and The Oxford Handbook of Ballet Pedagogy (forthcoming).
“This book offers a truly integrative approach to educating and engaging with our diverse youth. From practical teaching applications to lived experiences, the authors have unleashed ’real stories’ and teaching methods that promote active learning in classrooms. The text offers intentional and compelling examples of how educators can elevate their students’ voices and their understanding of the world around them while promoting a creative growth mindset. This book is highly recommended as a teaching resource for classroom teachers and for the preparation of K–12 preservice educators.”
—Dr. Minuette Floyd, Professor, Art Education, School of Visual Art and Design, University of South Carolina
“Arts-Based Pedagogies is an artistic achievement with significant technical merit. The examples and insights throughout the book are highly meaningful for educators and artists in many contexts. This culturally relevant book provides insights for effective teaching, mentoring, and artistic creativity, leading to innovation and exploration of new frontiers of artistic pedagogy.”
—Dr. Debra Coffey, Associate Professor, Elementary and Early Childhood Education, Kennesaw State University
“This edited book weaves together theories, practices, various arts, and a diversity of voices from practitioners and leaders in the field, to offer insights into creative learning through integrated arts approaches. It is an important and informative resource for educators in K–12 Canadian classrooms, and beyond, who are interested in engaging in arts-based pedagogical practices that are more creative, embodied, meaningful, and anti-oppressive in nature. This book is timely!”
—Dr. Kathy Mantas, Professor, Faculty of Education and Professional Studies, Nipissing University
Instructor Resources
Instructors adopting Arts-Based Pedagogies for their course will receive access to a resources list.
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