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Samina Mishra – Contemporary Education Dialogue, 2024
This article examines the role of the arts in education through a detailed sharing of a research project, Hum Hindustani, on children and citizenship. Using examples of work co-created with children in art workshops for the project, the article offers an understanding of the place of the arts in the classroom to provoke a larger conversation that…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Workshops, Children, Citizenship
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Gade, Sharada – LEARNing Landscapes, 2020
The need to improvise and take action as a practitioner draws on Schwab's notion of deliberation and the Greek concept of poiesis. Inspired by an impromptu discussion with students at a computer summer camp, the author uses the works of Sarason, Eisner, and Stenhouse to show how practitioner performance, student audience, educational inquiry,…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Change, Performance, Inquiry
Robinson, Dindy – 1996
The guide is intended to be a supplement to multicultural units in primary grades. The activities are freehand and students should be encouraged to use their imaginations and ideas to improve on a design. The approach is based on a whole language philosophy of learning with simple art activities that encourage creativity and critical thinking in…
Descriptors: African Culture, American Indian Culture, Art, Art Activities
Needler, Toby; Goodman, Bonnie – 1991
The eight units in this volume are designed for use by an art teacher/specialist. Thematic ideas are presented, while skills, techniques, and materials are not dictated. The lessons encourage students to compare and contrast cultures, understand their own cultural experiences, and explore differences and commonalities among cultures. The materials…
Descriptors: African Culture, Architecture, Art, Art Activities