How The Arts Can Save Education:
Transforming Teaching, Learning, and Instruction
Drawing on her 20+ years of building educational arts organizations, teaching, and researching their impact, Halverson delivers an approachable and vital text for educators, artists, and policy-makers.
How The Arts Can Save Education unpacks years of research in the learning sciences to explain the power and potential of the arts for learning.
“Erica shines a light on the impact and transformative power of high-quality arts experiences in the life of young learners and reflects on what happens in the moment when students are engaged at the highest level, when they are given real-world reasons for working hard. It is a focus on deep learning that transfers to everything that follows in the life of a student.”
Ellen Weinstein, Director of the National Dance Institute | From the foreword
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“We can imagine a future for education that is inclusive, culturally-sustaining, rigorous, and just plain joyful.”
“Arts experiences like telling, adapting, and performing stories are perfect manifestations of a richer, more meaningful definition of literacy.”
“When we engage in art-making, we learn to make representations, to experiment with and produce identities, and to collaborate. These outcomes serve as the foundation for how we can remake learning for the next generation of schooling.”
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