V.
The Art of Teaching
Tuesday,
January 6
•
What do artists need to know about educational
issues and practices to be successful?
• What do artists need to know about teaching
to be successful?
• What are my strengths as an artist / teacher
/ individual and how
do I communicate these and the idea itself
to students?
Knowledge
about educational pedagogies:
•
Habits of Mind
• Different learning styles
• Multiple intelligences
• Inquiry-based teaching and learning
• Similarities between the learning process
and the creative process
• Outcome-based teaching and learning
• Understanding by Design (UBD)
Understandings
about Arts in Education Practice
•
How to deconstruct your art form to be able
to explain it to teachers and students
• How to identify learning objectives
• How to integrate with other subject areas
• How to describe indicators of success
for students
• How to devise activities for students
that will allow them to demonstrate their
learning
• How to reflect on, evaluate, and revise
the teaching
• What are your goals as a Teaching Artist?
• What are your resources and capabilities?
• What are you taking away on The Art of
Teaching?
• What have you learned?
• What do you plan to use?
Session
III Faculty:
Amy Duggins Pender
Ward Hartenstein
Gordon Sasaki
Nasha Thomas-Schmitt
Dale Davis
Dale
Davis Bibliography
1.
Eric Booth. “Seeking
Definition: What Is A Teaching Artist.”
Teaching Artists Journal, Volume I, Number
1, 2003.
2.
Eric Booth. “The
Habits of Mind of Creative Engagement.”
Summary for Empire State Partnerships, July
2007.
3.
Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kellick. “Describing
16 Habits of Mind.”
http://www.habits-of-mind.net/
4.
Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick. “Learning
Through Reflection.” Learning and Leading
with Habits of Mind, Edited by Arthur L.
Costa and Bena Kallick. Association of Supervision
and Curriculum Development, 2008.
http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/108008/chapters/Learning_Through_Reflection.aspx
5.
Karen Erickson. “The Current State of Teaching
Artistry.” Teaching Artists Journal, Volume
I, Number 3, 2003.
6.
Ward Hartenstein. “Some Thoughts On The
Evolving Role of The Teaching Artist.”
7.
Alice Lovelace. “Getting Ready For School,
Teaching Artists’ Checklist.” In Motion
Magazine, May 1, 2005.
http://www.inmotionmagazine.com/ac05/al_checklist.html
8.
Barbara McKean. A
Teaching Artist at Work: Theater With Young
People in Educational Settings. New
Hampshire: Heinemann, 2006.
