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A Model For Equity In Arts Education For Youth In Greater Portland, Maine, Catherine Scheirer May 2022

A Model For Equity In Arts Education For Youth In Greater Portland, Maine, Catherine Scheirer

Thinking Matters Symposium

Time and time again, by providing an outlet that allows innate human creativity to roam free, participation in arts activities such as dance, music, theatre, and visual arts is proven to have significant positive impacts on participants, regardless of age, experience, or background. Even though the arts have been acknowledged as critical for mental, physical, and emotional health, especially for children and adolescents, research has found that providing arts education in an equitable and culturally appropriate way is fraught with barriers. In addition, certain areas of the arts have seen a downward trend in educational priority and availability. My project …


Creating (Socially-Distanced) Community In A Multi-Site, Multi-Disciplinary Department, Christina M. Wolfe Apr 2022

Creating (Socially-Distanced) Community In A Multi-Site, Multi-Disciplinary Department, Christina M. Wolfe

Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings

In this presentation, I discuss ways to facilitate a sense of community in a multidisciplinary department at a multisite community college in a time of social distancing.


Creating Connection By Design: Supporting Adult Learners By Building Inclusive Online Academic Communities, Kari Sheward, Carol Rogers-Shaw, Tulare W. Park Jan 2022

Creating Connection By Design: Supporting Adult Learners By Building Inclusive Online Academic Communities, Kari Sheward, Carol Rogers-Shaw, Tulare W. Park

Adult Education Research Conference

Students are struggling to build online connections in classrooms. This instructional model provides strategies for working with learners with social skill, mental health, and communication challenges to improve community.


Modeling Keynesian Consumption Function For Community Financial Education, Michael Elonge Jan 2022

Modeling Keynesian Consumption Function For Community Financial Education, Michael Elonge

Adult Education Research Conference

Modeling Keynesian Consumption Function for Community Financial Education demonstrates a basic teaching to caseworkers to develop their financial education skills to become better financial mentors to the communities they serve.