Creating Multicultural Communities Through Art and Music: Diverse Perspectives - Softcover

Caruso, John; Caruso Jr. John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3639078365 ISBN 13: 9783639078367

Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

This handbook provides educators with resources andstrategies to create multicultural communitiesthrough art and music. The authors proposetheoretical and practical classroom methods todevelop strands of a multicultural curriculum usingvisual and performing arts. Dr. Hwa Young Carusoexamines the role of arts in forming culturalidentity and self identity as the United Statesexperiences a demographic revolution. Dr. O.C. BobbyDaniels exposes the sub-textual denial of majorcontributions by African-Americans in visual andperforming arts especially music by exposing themythology that American culture is solelyAnglo-centric. Dr. Lisa Hochtritt warns teachersabout the limitations of a classroom thatsuperficially embraces diversity as an activity morethan an attitude by using pre-packaged multiculturalart materials. Dr. Christine Staikidis describes aninclusive studio art and art education curriculumwhich incorporates a holistic approach to art makingthat is alien to the Anglo-centric protocol. Dr.Pamela Harris Lawton describes the unique capacity ofart tocommunicate ideas and advocate social change acrossthe spectrum of diversity.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3639078365
• ISBN 13: 9783639078367
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 84
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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