1994•Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in EducationRequires access

The Fourth R: The Arts and Learning

Jaye T. Darby, James S. Catterall

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In this article, the authors bring together the central ideas of the prominent thinkers in arts education and arts in learning to construct a comprehensive case for the importance of the arts in every child's education. The roles of the arts in cognition, equitable access to meaning, student motivation, and cultural representation and understanding are explored. Illustrations are drawn from visible national projects translating the ideas into practice. Teacher voices on the power of the arts in the. learning of their children are introduced.

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Key concepts: The arts, Publishing, Publication, Mathematics education, Sociology, Psychology, Visual arts, Pedagogy