"What's So Great About Art, Anyway?": A Teacher's Odyssey (The Teaching for Social Justice Series)

This book offers a fun, entertaining, and well-researched perspective to readers interested in educational theory and practice. The graphic novel format offers a fully immersive experience for the reader, regardless of their own experiences with art or arts education. Branham offers a thoughtful and insightful critique of the state of education today, and how art (and the arts) can offer a venue toward providing an education that addresses issues of agency, engagement, social justice, and 21st century employment and skills, without ever coming across as being condescending or preachy. I highly recommend this book to educators, parents, artists, and activists of all stripes.

Love how she used art to tell her story. Truly a book that everyone who is a visual arts teacher should have on their bookshelf. I recommend it to anyone who is interested in the field of education or just curious. That being said parents should read this book too!!! The reason is that Ms. Branham shows in her book the vital need of art education in our children's and youth's lives. I would also recommend it to serious students of art who may consider a career in art education.

''What's So Great About Art, Anyway?'' is a lovely window into the very complex and important world of art education. Rachel Branham covers the material in a way that someone who was just a writer or artist exclusively could not. Fans of graphic novels, educators, or honestly anyone can sit down and enjoy this book. Do yourself a favor and check it out today!

A funny and interesting look at Arts education and the journey it inspires. I recognize a number of my students (and even myself) in the pages of this book.

Good book, but I dont know if it needed to be a comic, the information is all text anyway and the pictures are a little lacking, visual storytelling is not as good as expected ... I was a little disappointed. That said however the info is good and it is a good read.

This book is the epitome of what good education should be. It takes complex concepts and explains them visually and verbally. As an educator I constantly struggle to provide my students with multi-modal information. Rachel Branham should write a whole series of graphic novel textbooks.

This was a really fun read, I got it for my class and I enjoyed reading about the kinds of struggles teachers experience. The art is also very beautiful. :)

Great for new and veteran teachers. Illustrated with a with an engaging personal story. Recommended for teachers and administrators greatly.