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Effective innovation only contributes to the fields of arts education and school improvement if documented and shared through a wide range of media. Articles published in print and electronic media are important modes for disseminating promising practices and theories of change.

Renaissance in the Classroom

“With their commitment to sharing ideas, resources, suggestions, struggles and successes, Burnaford, Aprill, and Weiss have written their remarkably comprehensive book with a refreshing spirit that manages to share their experience and expertise without ever giving the impression that they have it all figured out….This book should be required reading for anyone who participates, or wishes to participate, in an arts education partnership.”
—Harvard Educational Review

Renaissance in the Classroom: Arts Integration and Meaningful Learning is CAPE’s comprehensive textbook guide to Arts Integration. It was written and edited by experts Cynthia Weiss, Dr. Gail Burnaford and founder and lead consultant Arnold Aprill. To read an excerpt, click here. To purchase the book in either soft-cover or e-book format, click here.

 

A False Dichotomy

CAPE Founding and Creative Director Arnold Aprill proposes some solutions to healing the false dichotomy between “arts integrated teaching and learning” and “art for arts sake” in this article published by the Teaching Artist Journal, featuring photographs of artworks from CAPE classrooms.

Rules for Arts Ed Radicals

In Rules for Arts Ed Radicals, CAPE Founding and Creative Director Arnold Aprill suggests rules for creating effective arts partnerships.

A Study of Professional Development for Arts Teachers

The Journal for Learning Through the Arts sponsored by the Center for Learning through the Arts and Technology at the University of California at Irvine, published an article by CAPE researcher Gail Burnaford, Ph.D., on the results of the CAPE and Chicago Public Schools “Building Curriculum Community & Leadership through the Arts” project (2005 to 2008).

Stepping into America: An Educator’s Journey to the Intersection of Special Education and the Arts

Click to download a PDF of Chicago Public Schools teacher Jesl Cruz’s reflections on arts integration and special education.

Following the Light

In her article, CAPE Veteran Partnership art teacher Marina Lopez discusses surprising ways of responding to a contemporary art museum with students.

Click the following to download a PDF of “Following the Light“. This abstract was published in Volume 4, Number 2 of the Teaching Artist Journal in 2006. Permission requests for reprinting should be addressed to the publisher of the Journal, Taylor & Francis Group.

Running in Place

In this article by CAPE Veteran Partnership teacher/artist Jorge Lucero, he addresses the emerging identity of the artist as teacher.

Click the following to download a PDF of “Running in Place is Dumb/Great“. This abstract was published in Volume 4, Number 2 of the Teaching Artist Journal in 2006. Permission requests for reprinting should be addressed to the publisher of the Journal, , Taylor & Francis Group.

 

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