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NEA Arts Curriculum Publications
The following documents are available
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Imagine! Introducing Your Child to the
Arts
Published by the National Endowment for the Arts, 2004. This reprint of the
1997 NEA publication revises and updates the previous edition's material on
introducing children to the arts. Made for parents, the publication includes
activities and suggestions in literature, dance, music, theater, visual arts,
folk arts, and media arts aimed specifically at children ages 3-8 years old.
Includes pull-out guide of arts activities. 68 pp.
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document.
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the pull-out guide of arts activities. 4 pp
 Critical
Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development
Published by the Arts Education Partnership
with support from the NEA. Details the relationship between learning in dance,
drama, music, multiple arts, and visual arts, and the development of fundamental
academic and social skills. 160 pp.
Available in a PDF format by clicking on the links below.
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"Themes and Variations: Future Direction
for Arts Education Research and Practice" by
Richard J. Deasy |
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Seven study summaries and essay,
"Informing and Reforming Dance Education Research" by Karen
Kohn Bradley (pages 2-18) |
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19 study summaries and essay,
"Research on Drama and Theater in Education," by James S.
Catterall (pages 19-62) |
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18 study summaries and essay,
"Promising Signs and Positive Effects: Lessons from Multi-Arts,"
by Rob Horowitz and Jaci Webb-Dempsey (pages 63-100)
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15 study summaries and essay, "An
Overview of Research on Music and Learning," by Larry Scripp
(pages 101-136) |
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four study summaries and essay,
"Reflections on Visual Arts Education Studies," by Terry L.
Baker (137-150) |
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"Arts
and the Transfer of Learning" by James S. Catterall |
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