Arts & Humanities

The essays in this collection discuss multicultural issues in children’s and adolescent literature, focusing particularly on African and African American cultures. They challenge our understanding of what, in an age of globalization, multicultural texts...

Early Medieval Venice examines the significant changes that Venice underwent between the late-sixth and the early-eleventh centuries. From the periphery of the Byzantine Empire, Venice acquired complete independence and emerged as the major power in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783725811533Author Anthony G PiccianoFormat HardbackPage Count 170Imprint Mdpi AGPublisher Mdpi AGWeight(grams) 572g

(Re)thinking Orientalism is a text that examines the visual discourse of Orientalism through the pedagogy of contemporary graphic narratives. Using feminist, critical race, and postcolonial theoretical and pedagogical lenses, the book uses visual...

This collection of articles by Susan W. Stinson, organized thematically and chronologically by the author, reveals the evolution of the field of arts education in general and dance education in particular, through narrative and critical reflections by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639086959Author Kundan SinghFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publisher VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Weight(grams) 376g

This edited book covers many topics in musicological literature, gathering various approaches to music studies that encapsulate the vivid relation music has to society. It focusses on repertoires and geographical areas that have not previously been well...

This book considers the pedagogy of the theatre laboratory, focusing on seminal theatre group Odin Teatret. It provides a detailed discussion of the historical background to theatre laboratories, including their conception, before moving on to specific...

Based on topics that frame the debate about the future of professional music education, this book explores the issues that music teachers must confront in a rapidly shifting educational landscape. The book aims to challenge thought and change minds. It...

This book explores the shifting geographies and contexts of children's play and learning. The author examines both free and guided play through the lenses of class, gender and disability, drawing links between face-to-face and online interactions. As...

Since patterns of immigration began taking hold, one of the primary goals of any immigrant to, or citizen of, North America has been to be accepted and to adapt to a new culture and learn to live a productive and healthy life. There are many different...

Stories are a valuable vehicle for practitioners in research, education, human services and the arts to enable individual and cultural change. The authors describe and deploy a variety of methods that can be used by teachers, researchers, artists, youth...

Reflecting contemporary theory and research in early art education, this volume offers a comprehensive introduction to new ways of thinking about the place of art, play, and aesthetics in the lives and education of young children. Enlivened by narratives...

Forgotten Places: Critical Studies in Rural Education critically investigates and informs the construction of the rural, rural identity and the understanding of the rural internationally. This book promotes and expands the notion of critical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783725813186Author Linchuan YangFormat HardbackPage Count 274Imprint Mdpi AGPublisher Mdpi AGWeight(grams) 789gDimensions(mm) 244mm * 170mm * 22mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783036593029Author Yaolin LinFormat HardbackPage Count 298Imprint Mdpi AGPublisher Mdpi AGWeight(grams) 839g

This book reveals the hitherto critically disregarded ludic elements in popular American comedy films, building on and expanding the theories developed by Johan Huizinga in his classic study Homo Ludens (1938) and Roger Caillois in Les jeux et les hommes...

This book critically examines four areas common to visual arts curricula: the elements of art and principles of design, the canons of human proportions, linear perspective, and RYB color theory. For each, the author presents a compelling case detailing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783036589060Author Marei HackeFormat HardbackPage Count 346Imprint Mdpi AGPublisher Mdpi AGWeight(grams) 943g

This book is an inquiry about the possibilities of using technology to support the education of artists within higher education contexts. Even though technology-enhanced learning and teaching may seem incongruent with the long-established studio-based...

Forgotten Places: Critical Studies in Rural Education critically investigates and informs the construction of the rural, rural identity and the understanding of the rural internationally. This book promotes and expands the notion of critical...

This book explores the dedication of the New American Colleges & Universities to the purposeful integration of liberal education, professional studies, and civic engagement through the performing, literary, and visual arts. Examples of course level...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845537791Author Dan MelzerFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Equinox Publishing LtdPublisher Equinox Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 1g

This volume explores the history of dance on the historically black college and university (HBCU) campus, casting a first light on the historical practices and current state of college dance program practice in HBCUs. The author addresses how HBCU dance...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783036592107Author Lucia Della SpinaFormat HardbackPage Count 644Imprint Mdpi AGPublisher Mdpi AGWeight(grams) 1578g

The essays in this collection discuss multicultural issues in children's and adolescent literature, focusing particularly on African and African American cultures. They challenge our understanding of what, in an age of globalization, multicultural texts...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910949504Author Amy FarrellFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Scene by ScenePublisher Scene by Scene

This book offers a new framework for the analysis of teaching and learning in the creative arts. It provides teachers with a vocabulary to describe what they teach and how they do this within the creative arts. Teaching and learning in this field, with...

This book describes the practice of poetic inquiry and takes the reader through the process of translating lived experience into poetry that attends to the lives of others. Using her own writing-from early drafts to published poems-Apol demonstrates...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789401517638Author Martinus NijhoffFormat PaperbackPage Count 44Imprint SpringerPublisher SpringerWeight(grams) 54g

Creativity and Writing Pedagogy offers a unique view of creative practices and pedagogy in writing from the perspective of writing teachers, creativity researchers and scholars, and writers themselves. The volume, collected and edited by a poet and a...

This book introduces and explores a new pedagogical approach, Aesthetic Positive Pedagogy (APP), for teachers and students in a variety of educational contexts. The book is built on the need for educational institutions and communities to seriously...

'Here's a knocking indeed!' says the Porter in Shakespeare's Scottish play (Act II, Scene 3) and immediately puts himself into role in order to deal with the demands of such an early call after a late night of drinking and carousal: 'If a man were porter...

This book explores the dedication of the New American Colleges & Universities to the purposeful integration of liberal education, professional studies, and civic engagement through the performing, literary, and visual arts. Examples of course level...

This book problematizes the role of education in an increasingly mediatized world through the lenses of creativity, new media, and consumerism. At the core of the issue, the author argues, creativity in art education is being co-opted to serve the...

This book considers the pedagogy of the theatre laboratory, focusing on seminal theatre group Odin Teatret. It provides a detailed discussion of the historical background to theatre laboratories, including their conception, before moving on to specific...

Stories are a valuable vehicle for practitioners in research, education, human services and the arts to enable individual and cultural change. The authors describe and deploy a variety of methods that can be used by teachers, researchers, artists, youth...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783725817627Author Marco DevecchiFormat HardbackPage Count 330Imprint Mdpi AGPublisher Mdpi AGWeight(grams) 912gDimensions(mm) 244mm * 170mm * 27mm

This book challenges simplified claims of racial, national, and ethnic belonging in music education by presenting diaspora as a new paradigm for teaching music, departing from the standard multicultural guides and offering the idea of unfinished...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781589835337Author Frank Ritchel AmesFormat PaperbackPage Count 380Imprint Society of Biblical LiteraturePublisher Society of Biblical...