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Ana 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 ReadingElizabeth Andrews: “Why Are You Always So Happy?”
Elizabeth Andrews Leave a Comment arts classrooms, arts education, compassion, dance education, empathy, kindness, leadership, teaching, teaching arts
It is 8:00 in the morning. I left my house at 6:30 to drive over an hour in order to be ready when my less-than-exuberant high school students enter the dance studio. They are here for Dance...
Continue ReadingA Peek Behind the Curtain
It is a privilege to serve as the project director for Michigan Arts Education Instruction and Assessment (MAEIA). My role has evolved to one that helps frame annual project goals, align initial resources, and then...
Continue ReadingCecilia Gollan: How MAEIA has Made Me a Better Teacher (Part 1)
Cecilia Gollan Leave a Comment arts assessment, arts education, arts integration, connections, performance events, performance tasks, professional learning, program review tool, student growth, visual arts
If you were to stand outside my classroom or talk to kids that take my classes, you would get the impression that I know what I am doing. Kids would make comments about how they...
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