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Arts Education Grants: Applying is Easy. It Really Is!
Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment grants, MCACA, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, project grants
Editor’s Note: This is hard to believe, but Chad says, “Arts in Education grants often go unused and the money is sent back to the state to be redistributed elsewhere.” Read...
Continue ReadingAna Luisa Cardona: Chutes and Ladders
Ana Cardona Leave a Comment Ana Luisa Cardona, arts education, arts integration, integrating arts, john berger, marshall mcluhan, michele root-berenstein, Michigan Department of Education, michigan visual and performing arts guidelines, national arts standards, robert root-bernstein, the medium is the message, ways of seeing
When I arrived in graduate school forty-six years ago, it became clear that I enjoyed crossing the boundaries of academic disciplines far too often. In those days, crossing disciplinary boundaries was a practice frowned upon...
Continue ReadingCheryl L. Poole: What about the lesson plans?
Cheryl Poole Leave a Comment arts instruction, assessment modifications, curriculum, instructional strategies, MAEIA assessments, selecting assessments, teaching style
“These assessments are fine but where are the lessons?” That was the question I would sometimes hear in the conference exhibition booth when introducing the MAEIA assessments to educators attending the conference. They...
Continue ReadingCathy Depentu: The Benefits of Pushing Out of Your Comfort Zone
Cathy DePentu Leave a Comment Adolph Brown, arts education, Leadership Fellow, MASTA, Michigan American String Teachers Association, music education, professional development, professional learning
I believe in the importance of MAEIA and its resources. I always try to set aside my ego and throw myself into difficult challenges or situations in order to improve, from an advanced violin class (...
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