Discourse and Disjuncture between the Arts and Higher Education

by Jessica Hoffmann Davis (Editor)

Overview

This accessible and compelling collection of faculty reflections examines the tensions between the arts and academics and offers interdisciplinary alternatives for higher education. With an eye to teacher training, these artist scholars share insights, models, and personal experience that will engage and inspire educators in a range of post-secondary settings. The authors represent a variety of art forms, perspectives, and purposes for arts inclusive learning ranging from studio work to classroom teaching to urban settings in which the subject is equity and social justice. From the struggles of an arts concentrator at an Ivy League college to the challenge of reconciling the dual identities as artists and arts educators, the issues at hand are candid and compelling. The examples of discourse ranging from the broad stage of arts advocacy to an individual course or program give testimony to the power and promise of the arts in higher education.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349953912
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	06/07/2018
Series:	The Arts in Higher Education
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
Pages:	263
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

Jessica Hoffmann Davis, EdD, was the founding director of the Arts in Education Program at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, USA, and held the university’s first chair in arts in education. Recent books include: Why Our High Schools Need the Arts (2012), Ordinary Gifted Children (2010), and Why Our Schools Need the Arts, (2008).

Table of Contents

Introduction; Jessica Hoffmann Davis.- Part I. Challenges.- Chapter 1. Negotiating a Path to the Arts at Harvard; Tiffanie Ting.- Chapter 2. Disciplinary Discord; Rhoda Bernard.- Chapter 3. The Artist-Teacher; G. James Daichendt.- Chapter 4. Nurturing the Intersections of Arts and Non-arts disciplines; Marit Dewhurst.- Part II. Courses.- Chapter 5. Approaching Interdisciplinarity in a School of Art and Design; Adriana Katzew and Aimée Archambault.- Chapter 6. Claiming Creative Space; Courtney Lee Weida.- Chapter 7. Reflecting on the Arts in Urban Schools; Rubén A. Gaztambide-Fernández, Chandni Desai & Traci Scheepstra.- Part III. A Program Then and Now.- Chapter 8. Persuasion and Structure; Jessica Hoffmann Davis.- Chapter 9. Toward a Culture of Solidarity; Steve Seidel.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Davis’ skilful compilation of essays should be required reading for arts education graduate students who will recognize the factors of marginalization that devalue the arts in the Academy and K-12 and will find in the programmatic and curricular innovations promising visions of change for recalibrating arts' role in the educational landscape.” (Paul Sproll, Head of Rhode Island School of Design’s Department of Teaching and Learning in Art and Design, USA)

“If you care about individual creativity and the nation's capacity for innovation, you must read Discourse and Disjunction Between the Arts and Higher Education

. These intellectually and emotionally stimulating essays convincingly make the case for arts engagement for all students and demonstrate the crucial role of informed teaching in the midst of cultural change. Jessica Hoffmann Davis contributes decades of experience in education in the arts in a volume that teaches the reader through all the authors' effective examples and lessons learned. This is a worthwhile source-book of both sound theory and promising practices for teachers, education leaders, and parents.” (Ellen McCulloch-Lovell, Former President, Marlboro College (2004-2015), USA)