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Western Michigan University

2013

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Elementary Art And Writing, Mary A. Beningo Aug 2013

Elementary Art And Writing, Mary A. Beningo

Masters Theses

The problem that I researched in today’s art education world is how to correlate elementary art curricula with writing curricula. To investigate this issue I field tested a curriculum module that reflects the contemporary issues of writing in art education. The curriculum module under investigation has been designed to correlate my 5th grade fine arts curriculum with the homeroom teacher’s 5th grade language arts curriculum.

During this study I worked with 56 fifth grade students and incorporated four writing projects into their fine arts curriculum: a Character Exploration project, a Black-out poetry project, a surrealistic textured paper collage …


2013 News, College Of Education And Human Development Jan 2013

2013 News, College Of Education And Human Development

Family and Consumer Sciences News

  • Textile and Apparel Studies Welcomes 9 Internationals to WMU
  • FCS Student Starts New Student Organization: The Student Design Showcase
  • FCS Professor Takes Sabbatical to Study Vocational Education in Ukraine
  • New Online Peer Review Journal Launching Online: Grandfamilies: The Contemporary Journal of Research, Practice and Policy
  • Textile and Apparel Faculty Members Present at National Research Conference
  • Assistant Professor Co-Wrote Article Published in Child & Family Social Work
  • Professor Appointed to National Teaching Standards Board
  • CTE Professor Selected as Visiting Scholar
  • Interior Design Students Visit Herman Miller
  • Outstanding Career and Technical Education Research Journal Article Award