Arts with the Brain in Mind
Number of pages: 150
Publisher: CAPP Press , ASCD: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development
BBB Library: Education
ISBN: 978-0871205148
Editorial Review
How do the arts stack up as a major discipline? What is their effect on the brain, learning, and human development? How might schools best implement and assess an arts program?? Eric Jensen answers these questions C and more C in this book. To push for higher standards of learning, many policymakers are eliminating arts programs. To Jensen, that's a mistake. This book presents the definitive case, based on what we know about the brain and learning, for making arts a core part of the basic curriculum and thoughtfully integrating them into every subject. Separate chapters address musical, visual, and kinesthetic arts in ways that reveal their influence on learning.
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One of the most powerful benefits of an arts curriculum is the development and sharing of cross-cultural heritage.
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