An introduction to the visual arts, with emphasis on the viewer's response to folk, popular, and fine arts, as well as to natural objects.

Experience and art: Teaching children to paint

Arts & Photography

Smith, Nancy R.

Study & Teaching

Teachers College, Columbia University

The authors skillfully combine a philosophical and pragmatic approach, exploring the cognitive processes behind children’s painting. To deepen children’s understanding, the book suggests meaningful tasks for each phase of imagery and offers methods for encouraging children to discuss the concepts involved in their work. Focusing on children from 1-1/2 to 11, the authors include in this second edition: a more detailed discussion about painting in the preschool; an expanded description of techniques effective in motivating five- and six-year-olds; and a stronger emphasis on painting as a more central, rather than occasional, activity in all classrooms.

Experience and Art

Education & Teaching

Kennedy, Margaret

Fucigna, Carolee

Lord, Lois

Schools & Teaching

Teachers' College Press

This book offers teachers guidance in helping children develop the mental and physical abilities used in the discovery and creation of meaning through drawing by: Giving students extensive experience with materials • Keeping in mind developmental guidelines • Planning lessons with clearly defined objectives and in carefully crafted sequence • Choosing objects suitable for the given age group and appropriate to lesson objectives • Fostering aesthetic qualities • Motivating and responding to children as they draw.
Each chapter begins with a Developmental Framework that will help teachers keep developmental characteristics in mind when planning art curricula. The book contains 23 detailed Lesson Plans for classes ranging from Kindergarten through Sixth Grade. Each plan includes the Objective, the Materials to be used, the Room Arrangement, Motivational Dialogue in the form of teacher’s questions and children’s responses, Evaluation of the results, and suggested Extensions. Examples of children’s drawings accompany each lesson.

Observation Drawing With Children: A Framework For Teachers

Cicchetti, Laraine A.

Clark, Margaret C.

Gordon-O'Connor, Barbara

Halley, Barbara A.

This book offers teachers guidance in helping children develop the mental and physical abilities used in the discovery and creation of meaning through drawing by: Giving students extensive experience with materials • Keeping in mind developmental guidelines • Planning lessons with clearly defined objectives and in carefully crafted sequence • Choosing objects suitable for the given age group and appropriate to lesson objectives • Fostering aesthetic qualities • Motivating and responding to children as they draw.Each chapter begins with a Developmental Framework that will help teachers keep developmental characteristics in mind when planning art curricula. The book contains 23 detailed Lesson Plans for classes ranging from Kindergarten through Sixth Grade. Each plan includes the Objective, the Materials to be used, the Room Arrangement, Motivational Dialogue in the form of teacher’s questions and children’s responses, Evaluation of the results, and suggested Extensions. Examples of children’s drawings accompany each lesson.

The mining history of Jerome, Arizona from 1583 to the Great Depression.

Experience Jerome: The Moguls, Miners, and Mistresses of Cleopatra Hill

History

Thorne, Kate Ruland

Rodda, Jeanette

Americas

Primer Publishers

Workplace Spirituality: A Complete Guide for Business Leaders explains the ins and outs of workplace spirituality to business executives, managers, educators and students who are on the cutting edge of business leadership, and to all workers who want to bring their spiritual selves to work along with their bodies and minds. The book includes basic definitions, an overview of the workplace spirituality movement, specific spiritual traits and resulting on-the-job behaviors, the changing understanding of business in the 21st century, issues of ethics and corporate social responsibility, principles for a spiritual workplace, and tasks involved in incorporating spirituality into leadership and management practice. Included are relfection questions and exercises, four appendixes and an index.

Workplace Spirituality: A Complete Guide for Business Leaders

Religion & Spirituality

Axial Age Pub

Discover the power of rubrics to make standards work for you and your students! 
Creating and Using Rubrics in Today's Classrooms: A Practical Guide provides K-12 classroom teachers with a power-house of resources for developing and implementing rubrics that boost student learning and achievement across the content areas. Not just another book of pre-designed rubrics, this comprehensive guide provides the fundamental building blocks for customizing effective rubrics that meet the needs of your students and the standards of your state. Destined to become a daily reference for all the educational stake-holders: school leaders, staff &amp; curriculum developers, pre-service and in-service educators alike, this unique handbook helps you streamline consistent and effective scoring systems for guaranteed learning improvement! 
The easy-to-use guide demystifies the daunting task of creating and using effective rubrics scoring tools by providing busy educators with readable theory and proven practical strategy. Here, you'll find clear answers to educators' most-asked questions about rubrics: 
Rubrics Defined... What do effective rubrics look like? 
Make the Change...How can I make the shift from using letter grades? 
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Throughout the text, you'll discover versatile rubric applications that can be adapted for use across all grade-levels and disciplines, including special education, or targeted for use within specific content areas. Each chapter features intuitive organization, user-friendly theory, sample rubrics, and discussion questions to help you get started right away. 
Extensive online and literature resource listings allow educators to customize rubrics development initiatives that meet the diverse needs and standards of their individual schools, districts and states. 
A useful glossary reviews basic, need-to-know vocabulary for effective use of standards-based rubrics and assessment. 
A fantastic addition to any curriculum and assessment development initiative, this accessible handbook gives you and your students everything you need to use rubrics toward content mastery!

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