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Andrew Williamson

Why Arts Education Is Crucial, and Who's Doing It Best | Edutopia - 0 views

  • "Art does not solve problems, but makes us aware of their existence," sculptor Magdalena Abakanowicz has said. Arts education, on the other hand, does solve problems. Years of research show that it's closely linked to almost everything that we as a nation say we want for our children and demand from our schools: academic achievement, social and emotional development, civic engagement, and equitable opportunity.
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    "Art does not solve problems, but makes us aware of their existence," sculptor Magdalena Abakanowicz has said. Arts education, on the other hand, does solve problems. Years of research show that it's closely linked to almost everything that we as a nation say we want for our children and demand from our schools: academic achievement, social and emotional development, civic engagement, and equitable opportunity.
Andrew Williamson

Every student benefits from arts education under new National Curriculum | Invest in Au... - 0 views

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    Every Australian student will study the arts from their first year of school under the new national arts curriculum, which was released today for public consultation.
Andrew Williamson

The Children Must Play - 0 views

  • four to eleven periods each week taking classes in art, music, cooking, carpentry, metalwork, and textiles. These classes provide natural venues for learning math and science, nurture critical cooperative skills, and implicitly cultivate respect for people who make their living working with their hands.
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    This is a great article outlining the success of the Finnish education system. They don't standardise test, they don't track or target teach, they have smaller class sizes, train, educate and pay their teachers better. Dah!! That's why they top the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results. What's happening in Australia???
Kristen Swenson

National Gallery of Art | NGAkids home page - 0 views

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    Lots of great multimedia and links between literacy and art 
Andrew Williamson

19 Free iPad Apps for Musical Creativity: Play, Improvise and Record Music | Midnight M... - 0 views

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    Really, there are so many apps available it can be hard to know where to begin and once you find something that looks useful, it's difficult to assess it properly until you've download and installed it on your iPad. iPad music apps that are free can take away the risk of choosing a dud and they can be useful when book-listing apps for students on a tight budget.
Andrew Williamson

PBLU - 0 views

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    The Buck Institute for Education (BIE) received a generous grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to help promote and provide deeper learning opportunities for teachers and students. Recognizing that 11,000 teachers will participate in BIE's 3-day PBL 101 workshop in 2012, the Hewlett Foundation helped BIE expand its professional development resources and expertise online. Now BIE can work with every school and every teacher through PBL University (PBLU). This summer, PBLU will pilot several Common Core aligned Math & English/Language Arts projects with complementary 2-week online classes. Teachers can receive PBL Teacher Certification from BIE, if they choose to complete all the necessary classes and implement the project with their students.
Andrew Williamson

Adrian Bruce's Educational Teaching Resources-Reading Games-Math Games-Educational Soft... - 0 views

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    This is an amazing site full of great student interactive activities coering all areas of the curriculum. 
Kathleen Lindsay-Field

Arts & Letters Daily - ideas, criticism, debate - 1 views

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    My Home Page - great summary on current academic research from journals and publications world wide.
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