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Koester, Merrie – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
Through participatory action research with a university researcher, middle school science educators engaged in capacity building training to learn techniques for aesthetically teaching science through drawing as way of effecting meaning-making with and for their struggling readers. As a result, teachers deepened their pedagogical content knowledge…
Descriptors: Science Education, Aesthetics, Inquiry, Middle School Teachers
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Rudolph, Sophie; Wright, Susan – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2015
This article examines the role that drawing can play in enabling children and young people to theorize concepts of time. In two, independent Australian research projects, children aged between 5 and 8 years were asked to respond to the question, "What might the future be like?", while 12-14 year olds were asked, "What does history…
Descriptors: Freehand Drawing, Time, Children, Early Adolescents
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Lorimer, Maureen Reilly – Art Education, 2016
To mitigate educational challenges, K-8 students enrolled in the Migrant Education Program (MEP) at Fuerte School District spend the majority of their after-school class time in a Saturday Academy program completing required curricular tasks associated with structured research-based programs to strengthen reading, writing, mathematics, and science…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Migrant Education, Educational Quality, Art Education
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Conrad, Bradley; Moroye, Christy M.; Uhrmacher, P. Bruce – Current Issues in Education, 2015
With increased attention to measurable, common student achievement outcomes, the experience of both students and teachers has been overlooked. While measurable outcomes may possess value, they have served to shift the focus of schools, administrators, and teachers to writing curriculum that centers on assessable content learning rather than…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Lesson Plans, Aesthetics, Educational Experience
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Campbell, Janine – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2011
Transformation is nothing new for artists. From taking a piece of mud and molding it into a sculpture, to drawing a moustache on the "Mona Lisa," artists have the power and the inclination to reinvent things time and again. In this article, the author describes how her middle school students explored the aesthetics of the past by applying…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Studio Art, Art Activities, History
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Ward, Amber E. – Art Education, 2010
The author has been deeply committed to shaping an art curriculum that offers students a more meaningful and authentic experience. In addition, she has been interested in the notion of students as victims of their popular culture. She questioned the ways in which cultural sources might impact their aesthetic choices with regard to personal…
Descriptors: Sculpture, Portraiture, Popular Culture, Aesthetics
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Gadanidis, George; Hughes, Janette; Borba, Marcelo C. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2008
This article looks at students doing mathematics through the lens of (artistic) performance. (Contains 10 figures.)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Learning Activities, Creativity