I can see by the web traffic to Dewey21C, that people seem to like videos. So, I am really pleased to bring to you a name that is not all that well known in arts education circles: Nel Noddings.If you want insight into the art of teaching, not to the tests, but teaching of actual human beings, and you also want to know more about what it means to care for your students as … [Read more...] about Another Favorite Education Video: Meet Nel Noddings
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A Favorite Arts Education Video: Powerful Learning Through The Arts
It's a tough genre, primarily because the bulk of these sorts of videos tend to be promotional (see boring). There's a reason for this, I think, and it's because video production isn't cheap and there's pressure to promote your own work. Moreover, showing process is a pretty tricky thing. Without the process, well, there's no reference point for what you are really talking … [Read more...] about A Favorite Arts Education Video: Powerful Learning Through The Arts
To Have and Have Not: Arts Education in American Public Schools
Before I start this entry, will everyone join me in wishing Jane Remer a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!************************************************************************************************************A couple of years ago I was attending a conference on arts education,convened by the United States Department of Education for its AEMDD and Professional Development … [Read more...] about To Have and Have Not: Arts Education in American Public Schools
If There Were A Sure Fire Way to Improve Your Brain…
Okay, I have to admit, this is bit of a re-post, but according to my calculations, I figure any number of people missed the article and my blog, and the article is a winner.A year ago, Cerebrum, published Michael Posner and Nancy Patoine's How Arts Training Improves Attention and Cognition.If there were a surefire way to improve your brain, would you try it? Judging by the … [Read more...] about If There Were A Sure Fire Way to Improve Your Brain…
Breaking Through the Roadblock: An Example from Science Education Advocacy
As a follow-up to yesterday's entry, The First Roadblock to Arts Education Policy Improvement, I offer a very interesting item, an example if you will, as to what it looks like when such roadblocks are broken through. Perhaps bypassed would be a better way to treat the metaphor, as you never know what's on the other side of that roadblock! Is this a perfect example, nope. Are … [Read more...] about Breaking Through the Roadblock: An Example from Science Education Advocacy