Teaching Talented Art Students: Principles and Practices - Softcover

Clark, Gilbert; Zimmerman, Enid

 
9780807744451: Teaching Talented Art Students: Principles and Practices
Softcover
ISBN 10: 080774445X ISBN 13: 9780807744451
Publisher: Teachers College Press, 2004

Synopsis

Based on more than 25 years of work and research in the field, Clark and Zimmerman present contemporary issues and theories regarding the education of artistically talented students. The authors provide practical information on how teachers and administrators can develop curriculum and programs that help students realize their visual-arts talents. Clark and Zimmerman show how students should be encouraged to focus on communication and expression, create unique and complicated works using real-world issues and images, seek critiques from teachers and peers, and explore historical and contemporary imagery by other artists whose work relates to their own. Features: Refutes widely held misconceptions of learning in the visual arts, providing readers with sound, research-based approaches to teaching artistically talented students. Provides 40 illustrations and 35 figures that include practical applications of identification, curriculum frameworks, and assessments related to art talent development. Provides a comprehensive review of relevant literature, discussing the intellectual history of significant concepts.

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About the Author

Gilbert Clark is Professor Emeritus of Art Education and Gifted Education at Indiana University. Enid Zimmerman is currently Professor and Coordinator of Art Education and Gifted and Talented Programs in the Curriculum and Instruction Department in the School of Education at Indiana University.

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Publisher
Teachers College Press
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
080774445X
ISBN 13 
9780807744451
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
168