Includes index

An Introduction to Teaching With, About, In, and Through The Arts -- The Sense and Soul of the Curriculum -- The Arts: Remarkable Meaning Makers -- Teaching With, About, In, and Through the Arts -- Reasons to Integrate the Arts -- What Do Teachers Need to Know and Do to Teach With, About, In, and Through the Arts? -- Brain Research: Changing Views of Development -- Multiple Intelligences (MI) Theory -- Erikson's Stage Theory -- Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development -- Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs -- Vygotsky's Social Development -- Creativity and Creative Problem Solving -- How Can a Teacher Coordinate Research and Theory for Arts Integration? -- Conditions for Learning: Basic Beliefs -- Integrating the Arts Thoughout the Curriculum -- Why Integrate the Arts Throughout the School Day? -- Five Minutes a Day? -- An Arts Integration Army? -- What Should Teachers Know About Integration? -- How Can Teachers Meaningfully Integrate the Arts? -- Teaching With, About, In, and Through the Arts -- More Than Entertainment -- Integration Principles and Strategies -- Special Needs Students: Ten Ways to Adapt -- Interventions for Diverse Populations -- Integrating Literature Throughout the Curriculum -- Why Should Teachers Integrate Literature? -- Reasons to Integrate Literature Throughout the Curriculum -- What Should Teachers Know and Teach about Literature to Integrate It Throughout the Curriculum? -- Definitions: Children's Literature--A Hopeful Idea? -- Goals for Literature Integration -- National Standards Related to Literature.