18.045 - Arts-Integrated Early Childhood Education: Model, Implementation, Impact, and Future

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

In this Symposium, we present a comprehensive description of a fully arts-integrated approach to early childhood education (ECE) -- Art As A Way Of Learning® (AWL) -- that we have worked on since the mid-1990s. In four Papers our team will report data and findings on (1) the contexts and opportunities for implementation and evaluation of AWL; (2) three different quasi-experimental program evaluations examining AWL’s impact on young children; (3) a series of qualitative projects examining the transformations in ECE classroom teachers during AWL; and (4) the evolution of AWL’s original theoretical framework to its current iteration, ArtsIN. A distinguished contributor in arts, education and research will provide his feedback, criticisms, and questions as Discussant.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Early Education and Child Development

Chair

• Roger David Phillips, Private consulting practice

Papers

• Opportunities for Implementing, Studying, and Evaluating an Arts-Integrated Early Childhood Education Program - Rebecca L Gorton, Northampton Community College

• Impacts on Children of an Arts-Integrated Early Childhood Education Program - Roger David Phillips, Private consulting practice

• Intentionality, Complexity, and Collaboration: The Identity of an Arts-Integrated Teacher - Patricia Pinciotti, East Stroudsburg State University of Pennsylvania

• Art as a Way of Learning's Journey to ArtsIN: An Arts Integration and Infusion Framework - Lynn C Hartle, The Pennsylvania State University - Brandywine

Discussant

• Christopher M. Schulte, The Pennsylvania State University