KAREN HUTZEL, FLÁVIA M. C. BASTOS, and KIM COSIER, EDITORS
This anthology places art at the center of meaningful urban education reform. Providing a fresh perspective on urban education, contributors describe a positive, asset-based community development model designed to tap into the teaching/learning potential already available in cities. Teachers will discover how to use the cultural resources at hand to engage students in the processes of critical, imaginative investigation. Transforming City Schools Through Art: Approaches to Meaningful K-12 Learning offers a new vision for urban schools. It highlights successful models of visual art education for the K-12 classroom; Describes meaningful, socially concerned teaching practices; Includes unit plans, a glossary of terms, and online resources. Co-published with Teachers College Press.
182 pgs. (2012) ISBN 978-0-8077-5292-0

“The time is right for this message and for this book that chronicles an active but seldom recognized practice… and RECONSIDERS THE PLACE OF ART IN CONTEMPORARY EDUCATION AND CULTURE.“
—Christine Marmé Thompson, Professor of Art Education, Penn State University