In this chapter, the process of making meaning through arts learning is explored in the context of an elementary education methods course. Common theories-in-use are discussed alongside of current theory, research, and practice to facilitate new perspectives of language, literacy, learning, and art. Examples of learning experiences promoting pre-service teachers' abilities to teach art as a visual language to inform, express, narrate, and persuade are provided.
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Narey, M.J. (2009). Learning to See the Boa Constrictor Digesting the Elephant: Pre-service Teachers Construct Perspectives of Language, Literacy, and Learning through Art. In: Narey, M. (eds) Making Meaning. Educating the Young Child, vol 2. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-87539-2_13
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