Thinking through the arts / edited by Wendy Schiller.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributors -- Ch. 1. Art, Thinking, Young Children?: An Overview -- Ch. 2. Beads, seeds and emu feathers: Thinking through the issues surrounding Indigenous art, children and galleries -- Ch. 3. Growing ideas: Accessible starting points for an integrated drama, movement and music program with young children -- Ch. 4. Art goes back to my beginning -- Ch. 5. Inheriting dance: Past philosophies for contemporary contexts -- Ch. 6. Seeing beyond marks and forms: Appreciating children's visual thinking -- Ch. 7. Teaching dance to young children -- Ch. 8. Young children telling it like it is: Insights for teachers -- Ch. 9. Nursery Rhymes: Everything old is new again -- Ch. 10. Thinking through puppetry: Developing a quality puppetry curriculum in early childhood -- Ch. 11. Dynamics, images and imagination: Landscapes in cyberspace -- Ch. 12. Thinking for the new millennium: The contribution of process drama -- Ch. 13. Uncovering the potential of rhythm: Education through arts -- Ch. 14. Drawing: Making thinking visible -- Ch. 15. Visual thinking in technology education -- Ch. 16. Early childhood arts environments: Functional and inspirational? -- Ch. 17. Thinking with the body: Dancing ideas -- Ch. 18. Child-initiated curriculum and images of children -- Ch. 19. Finding the balance: Enhancing piano lessons as learning experiences for young children -- Index.

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