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Consensus Is The Answer Key: Liberating Science And Math Education, Sarah A. Bertucci
Consensus Is The Answer Key: Liberating Science And Math Education, Sarah A. Bertucci
MALS Final Projects, 1995-2019
There is a pervasive hidden curriculum about science and math intelligence. It teaches students that being smart in these subjects means independently and effortlessly getting quick, correct answers. This hidden curriculum is inaccurate, disempowering, and unjust. A classroom dynamic called "Consensus is the Answer Key" is an effective way to rewrite this hidden curriculum. By solving complex problems and using group discussion that calls for logic and communication skills, students effectively learn science and math content, as well as gaining the skills and confidence to be successful in these subjects.
Theater Study And The Power Of Possibility, Jill Rafferty-Weinisch
Theater Study And The Power Of Possibility, Jill Rafferty-Weinisch
MALS Final Projects, 1995-2019
My experience as an Arts Educator, working with a particular group of at-risk students has led me to question the manner in which the Arts are primarily utilized in K-12 education. Specifically, their use as a delivery system for academic curriculum, while highly effective, may be at the expense of, and ultimately may limit, other far more significant benefits. In my experience as both a student and a teacher of theater, I have observed a correlation between certain habits of mind developed through theater work and modes of thinking, which are widely believed to support healthy adolescent development. This paper …
A Teacher Reflects On Seven Years In A Kansas City Alternative High School, Deborah Evaline Franks
A Teacher Reflects On Seven Years In A Kansas City Alternative High School, Deborah Evaline Franks
MALS Final Projects, 1995-2019
With an informed eye to the psychological, sociological, and institutional aspects of immediate events, the writer explores her seven years teaching in a school for disadvantaged urban youth living in a mid-sized Midwestern U.S. city. This work melds intensely personal memoir with perspectives to be had from current research, thus situating the personal in a wider social context. With this articulation came deep dissatisfaction with premises and practices on which the high school was based, and ultimately the writer decided to leave for an entirely different environment. At the conclusion is an annotated bibliography, offering the reader tools to evaluate …
An Art Classroom Curriculum Integrating Art History And Ela, Lisa M. Catalano
An Art Classroom Curriculum Integrating Art History And Ela, Lisa M. Catalano
MALS Final Projects, 1995-2019
Nora, having finished drinking her milk, tosses her sippy-cup to the side. At first she doesn't see the casual stream of milk that has been strewn across the black wool carpet, but as you can imagine it does not escape her for long. Imagine the look on her face as she discovers that she can control the amount and pattern of the milk on the floor. She begins to tap the tip of the cup on the carpet watching the white spots this creates. As pools of white are formed she takes her fingers and drags them across the rug …