by JoAnne Wilkins | Apr 25, 2018
Spelke, E. (2008). Effects of music instruction on developing cognitive systems at the foundations of mathematics and science. In Asbury, C. & Rich, B. (Eds.), Learning, Arts, and the Brain, (pp. 17–49). New York/Washington, D.C.: The Dana Foundation.Abstract:In...
by JoAnne Wilkins | Apr 25, 2018
Oreck, B. (2006). Artistic choices: A study of teachers who use the arts in the classroom. International Journal of Education & the Arts, 7(8).Abstract:In a climate of increased education standardization, this study examines what the personal characteristics and...
by JoAnne Wilkins | Apr 25, 2018
Wiessner, C.A. (2005). Storytellers: Women crafting new knowing and better worlds. Convergence, 38(4), 101-119.Abstract:This narrative study documents the benefits of using creative arts-based storytelling methods to engage adult learners who face histories of stalled...
by JoAnne Wilkins | Apr 25, 2018
Lazzari, M. M., Amundson, K. A., & Jackson, R. L. (2005). “We are more than jailbirds”: An arts program for incarcerated young women. Affilia: Journal of Women & Social Work, 20(2), 169-185Abstract:This qualitative study examines the effects of...
by JoAnne Wilkins | Apr 25, 2018
Heath, S., & Roach, A. (1999). Imaginative actuality: Learning in the arts during nonschool hours. Chapter in E. Fiske (Ed.), Champions of Change: The Impact of the Arts on Learning. Washington DC: Arts Education Partnership and President’s Committee on the...