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Art & Experiential Education: How A Deweyian Perspective On Art As The Key To Holistic Learning And Growth Can Inform Contemporary Art Education, Jena Gilbert-Merrill , '16
Art & Experiential Education: How A Deweyian Perspective On Art As The Key To Holistic Learning And Growth Can Inform Contemporary Art Education, Jena Gilbert-Merrill , '16
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Dewey's conception of the role that experience should play in learning and development has implications for art education. This essay explores Dewey's philosophy of experiential education and the ways in which his theory resonates with artistic experience and practice. It overviews the history of art education in the United States, as well as various arguments for and trends within it; and contains three case studies—Montessori schools, Waldorf schools, and Black Mountain College—whose practices, pedagogies, and underlying philosophies are examined from a Deweyian, experiential perspective. Throughout this investigation, implications for contemporary art education are considered. Dewey's writings and the case studies …
What Dragons And Hobbits (And Teachers) Have In Common; Or The Evils Of Hoarding: How Tolkien's The Hobbit Informs Classroom Practice, Joy Claire De Aguilar Martinez , '16
What Dragons And Hobbits (And Teachers) Have In Common; Or The Evils Of Hoarding: How Tolkien's The Hobbit Informs Classroom Practice, Joy Claire De Aguilar Martinez , '16
Senior Theses, Projects, and Awards
This thesis explores how to teach literature in a way that relies on true internal cognition from students and values their unique responses and identities. This is accomplished through an analyzing the theme of power distribution in Tolkien's The Hobbit alongside the educational theories of Paulo Freire, Maren Aukerman, Louise M. Rosenblatt and Lawrence Sipe to present a more equitable distribution of power when teaching texts within a classroom. The literary analyses work with pedagogical analysis to outline four pedagogical principles that can be used to inform a potential unit on The Hobbit for a 6th grade Language Arts class.
Native Survival And Success In Higher Education, Daniel Orr , '16
Native Survival And Success In Higher Education, Daniel Orr , '16
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