General Art Education Books

Below is a list of some books we recommend. We hope to expand our list to share with all members. Do you have a book or resource you cannot live without and would recommend to others? Let us know. Send suggestions to webmaster@osea.ca.

 

Alexander, Kay and Michael Day. Discipline-Based Art Education: A Curriculum Sampler.

California: Getty Center for Education in the Arts, 1991.

Anderson, T. & M. Millbrandt. Art for Life: Authentic Instruction in Art. Toronto: McGraw Hill, 2004.

Arnheim, Rudolf. Thoughts on Art Education. LA: Getty Centre for Education in the Arts, 1989.

Beattie, Donna Kay. Assessment in Art Education. Worcester: Davis Publications, 1997.

Cahan, Susan and Kocur, Zoya. Contemporary Art in Multicultural Education. New York: Routledge, 1996.

Chapman, Laura. Approaches to Art in Education. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978.

Dorn, C., S. Madeja and R. Sabol. Assessing Expressive Learning: A Practical Guide for Teacher-Directed Authentic Assessment in K-12 Visual Arts Education. Reston, VA: NAEA, 2004.

Dunn, P. Creating Curriculum in Art. Reston, VA: National Art Education Association, 1995.

Gaudelins, Y. and Spiers, P., (Eds.), (2001). Contemporary Issues in Art Education. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Grauer, K. & R. Irwin (ed.) Starting With… Canadian Society for Education Through Art, 2004.

Henley, David. Exceptional Children, Exceptional Art: Teaching Art to Special Needs. Worcester: Davis Publications, 1990.

Hobbs, Jack and Jean Rush. Teaching Children Art. Prentice-Hall, 1997.

Hume, Helen. A Survival Kit for the Elementary/Middle School Art Teacher. The Center for Applied Research in Education, 2001.

Hume, Helen D. The Art Teacher's Book of Lists. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1998.

Hurwitz, Al and Michael Day. Children and Their Art: Methods for the Elementary School. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991.

Lanier, Vincent. The Visual Arts and the Elementary Child. New York: Teachers College, Columbia University, 1983.

MacGregor et al. Canadian Art: Building a Heritage. Toronto: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1987

Michael, John A., ed. Visual Arts Teacher Resource Handbook. Millwood, 1993.

Mittler, Gene, and Rosalind Ragans. Understanding Art. Pub: Glencoe Publishing Co., 1992.

Naested, Irene. Art in the Classroom: An Integrated Approach to Teaching Art in Canadian Elementary and Middle Schools. 1998.

Parsons, Michael. How We Understand Art. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987.

Smith, Annie. Getting into Art History. Toronto: Barn Press, 1994.

Smith, Ralph. Excellence in Art Education: Idea and Initiatives. Reston, VA: National Art Education Association, 1986.