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Emphasis Art: A Qualitative Art Program for Elementary and Middle Schools, 9th edition

Published by Pearson (March 13, 2009) © 2010

  • Robert D. Clements Emeritus, University of Georgia
  • Frank D. Wachowiak
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  • Lavish four-color illustrations throughout, primarily of authentic children’s art, provide a sweeping overview of what children can accomplish.
  • Hundreds of specific, practical suggestions and lesson plans help teachers implement art education in their classrooms.
  • A clear and accessible structure - with parts focusing on teachers and teaching, integrating art instruction into the general classroom, sequential curricula for grades K-8, art appreciation, and art production – makes this text easy to use.
  • Thoroughly updated and comprehensive coverage reflects the latest trends and best practices in art education.
  • A balanced approach provides support for both studio instruction and art appreciation instruction.
  • Emphasis on integrating art instruction in the general classroom provides general classroom teachers with all the tools they need to include art in their daily teaching. Part 3, Integrating Art into the Classroom, dedicates individual chapters across the discipline areas as well as to working with with children with special needs.   
  • Coverage of the Contextual Nature of Art is carried throughout the text and reflected in children’s artwork. As well, Chapter 7, Art and Social Studies has been moved earlier in the book and heavily revised to reflect a greater emphasis on the contextual nature of art which is used to reflect our visual culture.  
  • National Art Education Association Standards appear on the inside front cover, with chapter correlations, so readers can readily find content relating to specific standards.
  • In the Classroom and In the Community boxes offer specific lesson plans and topic suggestions for general classroom teachers on art instruction.
  • Authentic Children’s Artwork.  The book contains over 900 renderings of student work, including several hundred new pieces of children’s art.
  • Expanded emphasis on social and cultural issues reflects the changing direction of art instruction.
  • Web Resources and For Further Reading sections at the end of each chapter provide quick guides to additional art instruction resources.  

    • Revised Material on Art and Technology - Chapter 28, "Computer Art, Digital Photography, Video, and the Web," has been revised to reflect the ongoing changes in technology and their influence and affect on directions in art creation and art instruction.

    NEW! Emphasis on Art in Context/Social Studies. The new emphasis upon the social studies and art in the context of our lives mirrors the shift in world-view away from art for art's sake and toward art's purpose and usefulness in life. Many new ideas will inspire your students/prospective teachers to put an "Emphasis on Art" as they teach all other subjects. Social studies goals are keyed to art projects showing how art will facilitate this learning. These connections can be found in the Chapters on Social Studies Integration, Art in Context, and Art Criticism.

    Part 1: Introduction to Art

    Chapter 1: The Role of Art in Society and in the Schools

    Chapter 2: Art as Art: The Design Fundamentals

     

    Part 2 Teachers and Teaching

    Chapter 3: The Teacher’s Role: Strategies and Management

    Chapter 4: Motivating Learning

    Chapter 5: Creating and Evaluating Objectives

     

    Part 3: Integrating Art into the Classroom

    Chapter 6: Integration in the Three Domains: Cognitive, Affective, and Psychomotor

    Chapter 7: Art and Social Studies: Understanding the Contextual Approach to the Visual Culture

    Chapter 8: Art and Literacy: Reading and Language Arts

    Chapter 9: Art and Mathematics

    Chapter 10: Art and Science

    Chapter 11: Art and The Performing Arts

    Chapter 12: Teaching Art to Children with Special Needs

    Chapter 13: Teaching Art to Students Who Are Gifted

     

    Part 4: Creating an Art Curriculum

    Chapter 14: Cognitive and Psychological Factors in Children’s Learning and Creative Development

    Chapter 15: A Sequential Curriculum for Kindergarten

    Chapter 16: A Sequential Curriculum for Grades 1 and 2

    Chapter 17: A Sequential Curriculum for Grades 3 and 4

    Chapter 18: A Sequential Curriculum for Grades 5 and 6

    Chapter 19: A Sequential Curriculum for Grades 7 and 8

     

    PART 5: Appreciating Art and Visual Culture: Art History, Criticism, and Aesthetics

    Chapter 20: Teaching Art Appreciation: From Picture Study t to Visual Culture

    Chapter 21: Teaching Art History

    Chapter 22: Teaching Art Criticism and Aesthetics

     

    Part 6: Teaching Art Production

    Chapter 23: Drawing

    Chapter 24: Crayon and Oil Pastel

    Chapter 25: Painting

    Chapter 26: Paper Projects in Two Dimensions

    Chapter 27: Printmaking

    Chapter 28: Computer Art, Digital Photography, Video, and the Web

    Chapter 29: Three-Dimensional Design

    Chapter 30: Crafts

    Chapter 31: Clay Modeling

     

    Robert D. Clements,

    Professor of Art, taught art education at the University of Georgia for 25 years. There, he won the University’s highest awards for his teaching and research. A renowned artist in his own right, Dr. Clements’s works are on display in museums and institutes throughout the world. Besides his sculpture and public art, he has written three books and 60 articles and directed many grant projects. Born in Pittsburgh, PA,Dr. Clements received his BFA degree from Carnegie Mellon University and his graduate art degrees from Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Clements is recognized for his work in Who’s Who in American Art and Who’s Who in America. He has written the fifth through current editions of Emphasis Art. To understand Dr. Clements’s influence on the world of art and art education, one need only speak with the many art teachers throughout the country who speak of him with reverence and who don’t hesitate for a moment to provide their students’ works for use in his books.

    Frank Wachowiak

    (1913–1998) was a master teacher and artist whose approach to teaching art to children is recognized throughout the field. Born in Wisconsin, he received his degrees from the University of Iowa where he subsequently taught until moving to the University of Georgia in 1967. For 50 years his passion for a life in art was evident as he worked in the happy, charged environment of children searching, discovering, and creating through art.As he taught and studied children’s art

    all over the world (particularly while at the University of Iowa Lab School and the University of Georgia Children’s Art Classes),

    Dr.Wachowiak found that it was easy to stay young at heart. Since his passing in 1998, every edition of Emphasis Art, including this one, has built off of his inspiring words and clear technical directions, as well as his model of including beautiful examples of children’s art.

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