Tag Archives: Education
Strategies & Resources
Finding Room in the Classroom for Every Voice
Strategies & Resources
Finding Room in the Classroom for Every Voice
Educator-in-Residence Jeannine Bardo introduces lessons from her third-grade unit on “Home,” in which students’ research is centered on facets of their community: themselves, their family, and their friends.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Assessment as Dialogue: Shifting Power Dynamics in the Classroom
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Assessment as Dialogue: Shifting Power Dynamics in the Classroom
Educator-in-Residence Todd Elkin explains the origins of his experimental curriculum “Assessment as Dialogue,” which upends the traditional power dynamics in a classroom and asks students and teachers to collaborate on the most effective methods of learning.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Classroom Catalysts: Enabling Personal Revolutions Through Art
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Classroom Catalysts: Enabling Personal Revolutions Through Art
“What is art but a way of seeing?” —Thomas Berger Sometimes the most significant revolutions make no noise at all, happening completely within someone’s frame of mind. These individual transformations might …
Flashback
Mark Bradford on Prospect.1 New Orleans
Flashback
Mark Bradford on Prospect.1 New Orleans
On the occasion of ART21’s new film on Prospect.3 New Orleans, we look back to Mark Bradford’s keynote address at the 2009 National Art Education Association conference, in which the artist discussed his sculpture for Prospect.1.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Reflecting on the National Art Education Association’s Annual Conference
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Reflecting on the National Art Education Association’s Annual Conference
Art21 Senior Education Advisor and columnist Joe Fusaro summarizes the 2014 NAEA conference.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
An Expanding Network
Teaching with Contemporary Art
An Expanding Network
Perhaps one of the most exciting things about our network of Art21 Educators so far has to do with those teachers who are building momentum and reaching out to other cohorts in order to collaborate. Over time, I can see this network of teachers not only influencing each others practice but also contributing to new national arts standards, helping others to understand the importance of contemporary art in the curriculum, and continuing to facilitate workshops at national and statewide conferences in order to spread the love.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
You Say You Want Evolution: Looking Backward and Forward with Portfolios
Teaching with Contemporary Art
You Say You Want Evolution: Looking Backward and Forward with Portfolios
Similar to in-progress critiques, portfolio reflections and evaluations do not have to arrive at the end of things. Utilized during the course, it allows for both looking back and looking forward.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
The Changing Shape of Teamwork
Teaching with Contemporary Art
The Changing Shape of Teamwork
Back in October, 2009 I wrote a post called Teamwork which focused on the fact that, as educators, we often have to work creatively with others in order to construct meaningful, age-appropriate and fun lessons. The best lessons and units of study are often the product of people working together, including educators, community members, parents, and of course students. When I look back just four years ago I realize that my experience with collaboration has changed and evolved into other forms.
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