Arts & Drama Education: PreK-12 : Books
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Call Numbers
Call number ranges that include Arts & Drama materials include:
M: Music
N-NX: Arts
PN1530-PN3307: Drama
PN6110.5-PN6120: Drama
PR2800-PR3000: Shakespeare
TR: Photography
TT: Crafts
This is true for all MERIT locations: Professional, PreK-12, and Reference stacks.
There are more general resource and content-related books (dance, baseball etc) that you can find in the catalog or by browsing the library's shelves using this call number range.
(Note: for more information on Music Education books, see our Music Education Research Guide).
Reference
Handbook of research on teaching literacy through the communicative and visual arts by Call Number: P91.3 .H36 2005ISBN: 9780805853797Publication Date: 2005
Build it, make it, do it, play it! : subject access to the best how-to guides for children and teens by Call Number: Z6151 B66 B85 2014ISBN: 9781598843910Publication Date: 2014
Suggested Books on Technology Integration
Digital content creation in schools: a common core approach by Call Number: LB1028.4 .I94 2015ISBN: 1610696298
New media and learning in the 21st century: a socio-cultural perspective by Call Number: LB1028.4 .N48 2015ISBN: 9789812873255Publication Date: 2015
Teaching with digital video: watch, analyze, create by Call Number: LB1028.75 T43 2010ISBN: 9781564842664Publication Date: 2010
Library Catalog
General Books about Teaching Art and Drama at MERIT Library
These books cover an array of arts and drama teacher education topics, including assessment, history, foundations, classroom management, teaching strategies, professional development and some lesson ideas.
Art is fundamental : teaching the elements and principles of art in elementary school by Call Number: N362 P748 2008 (PreK-12 Stacks)ISBN: 1569762163Publication Date: 2008
Engaging learners through artmaking : choice-based art education in the classroom by Call Number: N350 D6 2009ISBN: 0807749761Publication Date: 2009
School Improvement Through Drama by Call Number: PN1701 B35 2009ISBN: 1855394561Publication Date: 2010
Transforming City Schools Through Art by Call Number: NX280 T75 2012 (Professional Stacks)ISBN: 9780807752937Publication Date: 2012
Suggested Student Teaching and Teaching Guides
The art teacher's survival guide for elementary and middle schools by Call Number: N350 H85 2008 (PreK-12)ISBN: 9780470183021Publication Date: 2008
Teaching talented art students: principles and practices by Call Number: LC3993.265 C545 2004ISBN: 9780807744451Publication Date: 2004
Understanding art: a guide for teachers by Call Number: LB1591 W46 2003ISBN: 9780761974789Publication Date: 2003
Suggested Student Teaching and Teaching Guides
Art activities A to Z by
Call Number: LB1139.5.A78 M387 2005 (PreK-12)ISBN: 9781401871642Publication Date: 2005
Art with Anything: 52 Weeks of Fun Using Everday Stuff by Call Number: TT157 K547 2010ISBN: 9780876590850Publication Date: 2010Creative drama and music methods: activities for the classroom by
Call Number: PN3171 R75 2011ISBN: 9781442204614Publication Date: 2011
Looking at art in the classroom: art investigations from the Guggenheim Museum by Call Number: LB1592 H47 2010ISBN: 9780807750476Publication Date: 2010
Teaching drama in the classroom: a toolbox for teachers by Call Number: PN1701 T44 2011ISBN: 9789460915369Publication Date: 2011