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Delivering Quality Feedback to Students and Educators
Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment critical discourse, Critical Response Process, dance, Demonstrating Educator Effectiveness, educator evaluation, educator observation, evaluation, feedback, Liz Lerman, MAEIA Assessment Items, music, response items, The Dance Exchange, theatre, visual arts
Quality feedback is key to progress for students and educators. Developing a method which inspires the recipient to get back to work can be difficult, especially in the age of standardization and fast-paced school and...
Continue ReadingLiving an Artistic Life
Editor’s Note: As arts educators we often wonder about the long term impact of our teaching. When they have left us, do our students grow into or out of their artistry and creativity?...
Continue ReadingAcceptance vs. Assimilation: A Mindset Shift for Arts Education
Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment Acceptance, Assimilation, Mindset
In my current work as an administrator and instructor for arts programming for people with disabilities, I am constantly researching similar programs across the continent, trying to determine what best practices exist in my field. (...
Continue ReadingStudent, Teacher or Both? Lessons Learned in the Discovery of Culturally Responsive Teaching and Best Practices for Effective, Organic Application
Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment Culturally Responsive Teaching
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a four part series by Nafeesah Symonette on the important topic of culturally responsive teaching. Be sure to check out her first post
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