There is an increasing trend for primary school teachers to be asked to work across a number of art forms, including drama, art, music, media, technology, photography, dance and performance. Education in the Arts covers all these areas, as well as addressing the issue of being the arts education teacher in the school, rather than an art, music or drama specialist. It is well grounded in theory and research, with links to teaching practice, allowing students to apply what they are learning to new contexts, and encouraging them to become reflective practitioners. Students can continue to use this book as they become practising teachers, drawing on guidance on how to implement the various arts practices in a school setting.

• Covers curriculum documentation and policies from all Australian states.
• Two-part structure covering both theory and practice, with clear links between the two.
• Exemplars give students authentic examples from Arts Education, and are accompanied by classroom activities that assist students to make the connection between theory and practice.
• Margin glossary notes for key sections.
• Questions at the end of each chapter which are designed to challenge ways of thinking and practicing teaching skills.

• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• About the Authors
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• How This Book Works
• The Arts and Creativity: A Manifesto for Schools

PART ONE: Key Principles

Chapter 1: Art, Creativity, and Motivation

Chapter 2: Learning in the Arts

Chapter 3: Arts Education as Intercultural and Social Dialogue

Chapter 4: Multi-literacies and the Arts

Chapter 5: Teaching for the Aesthetic, Teaching as Aesthetic

Chapter 6: Shower Singing and Other Essentials

Part Two: Teaching the Art Forms

Chapter 7: Drama: Social Dreaming in the Twenty-first Century

Chapter 8: Making Music and Cultural Connections

Chapter 9: Valuing the Visual Arts

Chapter 10: Art Embodied and Disembodied: Expression, Representation, and Reflection

Part Three: Inegrating and Learning Through the Arts

Chapter 11: Integrating the Arts: A Warm Bed for Student Learning

Chapter 12: Teaching Through the Arts

Chapter 13: Art is a Place You Can Go

• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Index

Christine Sinclair – Senior Lecturer, Writing, School of Business and Arts, Swinburne University of Technology

Neryl Jeanneret – Senior Lecturer, Music Education, Artistic and Creative Education, The University of Melbourne

John O’Toole – Chair, Arts Education, Artistic and Creative Education, The University of Melbourne