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Karp, Jesse – ALA Editions, 2011
Many educators now agree that graphic novels inform as well as entertain, and to dismiss the educational potential of the graphic novel is to throw away a golden opportunity to reach out to young readers. This dynamic book takes a look at the term "graphic novel," how the format has become entwined in our culture, and the ways in which graphic…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Cartoons, School Libraries, Novels
Quinn, Therese M., Ed.; Ploof, John, Ed.; Hochtritt, Lisa J., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
"Art and Social Justice Education" offers inspiration and tools for educators to craft critical, meaningful, and transformative arts education curriculum and arts integration projects. The images, descriptive texts, essays, and resources are grounded within a clear social justice framework and linked to ideas about culture as commons. Essays and a…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Art History, Critical Theory, Elementary Secondary Education
Prentice, Mary – 1994
This handbook is designed to help teachers teach thinking skills to elementary and secondary school students, and is based on a six-part model of teaching and learning adapted from J. Chaffee's "Thinking Critically" (1990). It highlights the key elements of teaching (to motivate students to think, to integrate the curriculum, and to help students…
Descriptors: Art History, Change, Classroom Techniques, Disabilities
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Badger, Robert L., Ed. – SUNY Press, 2007
As members of the faculty of the same college, the State University of New York at Potsdam, the fifteen contributors to this book have the unique experience of working from the same pool of students in order to explore how to improve teaching, enhance learning, and make the classroom more interesting. Together professors from thirteen different…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Introductory Courses, Sociology, Psychology