Everyday Artists: Inquiry and Creativity in the Early Childhood Classroom

by Dana Frantz Bentley

Book Overview

For the young child, art is a way of solving problems, conceptualizing the world, and creating new possibilities. Everyday Artists addresses the disconnect that exists between the teaching of art and the way young children actually experience art. In doing so, this book questions commonly held notions and opens up exciting new possibilities for art education in the early childhood classroom. A practicing teacher herself, Bentley uses vignettes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807754404
• ISBN13: 9780807754405
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"