Reflections on the integration of the visual arts in a literature-based reading program in an urban school setting

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dc.contributor.advisorField, Sherry L.
dc.creatorPost, Tracy Michelle
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-04T23:25:17Z
dc.date.available2019-02-04T23:25:17Z
dc.date.issued2007-12-22
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to develop a case study of teaching and learning in an art-integrated reading program. Specifically, it studied the impact of the visual arts over a period of several years in a self-contained fifth grade classroom that consisted primarily of students who were identified as high-risk. A qualitative, action-based research methodology was used to describe the activities that were employed in the classroom. Data was collected over a period of two years, including journals of teacher reflections, and documents from the classroom, such as student work, art work, surveys, and reading scores from the state mandated standardized tests. The findings conclude that in this classroom art integration resulted in lessons that were culturally relevant, and improved the social and emotional well-being of students by providing them opportunities for personal expression. The findings also show that art-integration helped to improve reading test scores in this specific classroom. The teacher noticed increased opportunities for reflection upon her teaching practices, and improved teacher and student motivation.en_US
dc.description.departmentCurriculum and Instructionen_US
dc.format.mediumelectronicen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.15781/T2Z89321J
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/72743
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.relation.ispartofUT Electronic Theses and Dissertationsen_US
dc.rightsCopyright © is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.en_US
dc.rights.restrictionRestricteden_US
dc.subjectLiterature-based reading programen_US
dc.subjectAction researchen_US
dc.subjectArts integrationen_US
dc.titleReflections on the integration of the visual arts in a literature-based reading program in an urban school settingen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.genreThesisen_US
thesis.degree.departmentCurriculum and Instructionen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineCurriculum and Instructionen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Texas at Austinen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen_US

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