On this page the following entries were made in the “January, 2009” time-frame.
Archive for “January, 2009”
Simile Theater Exploration
Another great example of ARTS INTEGRATED EDUCATION is what is called Simile Theater Exploration. It has been demonstrated in the Human Body School and Math-a-magic performing arts programs with profound, eye-opening, inspiring results. It’s also really enjoyable. After all the word simile anagrams to I smile! The way it works is simple. It goes beautifully [...]
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What is Arts Integrated Education? Part One – Integration
What is the premise of education? That is a good place to start. Or even better still, what is the premise of being human? Woah! Hold on! That might be going too far for the purpose of these writings – which is to give encouragement to parents and teachers to be inspired educators in the [...]
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Arts Integrated Education Musings
Talking Hands Talking Feet is working for a time when Arts Integrated Education becomes the standard rather than the rare exception. The crisis of education in our time coincides with a greater crisis: Simply stated, the industrial/technological era paradigm has become obsolete and irrelevant in the face of the greater needs of the 21st century. [...]
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Social Justice and Responsibility
How do you “teach” social justice and responsibility to children? What are the roots of prejudice, racism and bigotry? At what age is it appropriate to introduce some of the more volatile social issues? What premise or criterion do you come from? These are charged questions. Responses to these and related questions vary from culture [...]
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