Advocates for the arts have contributed significantly to  the philosophy and practice of early and elementary education  throughout its history. Yet the nature, value, and purpose of arts  experiences in the lives of children seem to remain puzzling and  problematic to those most directly involved in teaching the  young. Conversations between scholars and teacher educators in the  arts and in education occur all too infrequently. Seventeen authors,  whose work represents the best of contemporary research and theory on  a constellation of issues concerning the role of the arts in  children's lives and learning, address critical issues of development,  context, and curriculum from perspectives informed by work with  children in formal and informal settings. This anthology strives to  reinvigorate dialogue on the role and significance of the arts in the  education of children drawing on various cultural and institutional  context and traditional and contemporary practices from different  parts of the world.

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