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Formative Assessment and Fine Arts Education: Assidere – To Sit Beside
Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment Formative Assessment
Editor’s Note This is the third of a three part blog series by Tara Kintz exploring the intersections of formative assessment and the fine arts. In this blog she describes how...
Continue ReadingMaking a Mess to Clean the Room: An Approach to Arts Programming Evaluation
Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment Arts Programming Evaluation
I work a full-time job. I have two side gigs teaching. I have a six-and-a-half-year-old daughter and a very furry dog. All of this is to say that my house is rarely...
Continue ReadingRebecca Arndt: Why is MAEIA so important?
Rebecca Arndt Leave a Comment art, arts assessment, arts education, assessments, field-tested, Leadership Fellows, music education, professional development
I have been asked about what the MAEIA project is and why it is so important. The simple answer is I want to give my students the best of me and the...
Continue ReadingCathy DePentu: Developing Whole, Productive, Creative Humans
Cathy DePentu Leave a Comment 21st century skills, arts education, Cathy DePentu, MAEIA Leadership Fellows, Pixar, programmers, STEAM, value of the arts
Simon Sinek’s “Golden Circle” resonates with many arts educators. The concept “Start with...
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