Full Description
Teacher as Curator provides a roadmap for using creative strategies to engage both educators and students in the learning process. Focusing on key qualities of culturally and linguistically responsive arts learning, chapters specifically demonstrate how arts integration strategies and formative assessment can be a catalyst for change in the classroom. Readers will be inspired by teachers and practitioners who have donned the role of curator to achieve significant results. Kindergarten-college educators will find research-based protocols and practices that they can translate into any educational setting. In digestible chapters, this resource provides a theoretical base for building artistic literacy into the curriculum and for developing multimodal opportunities for students to demonstrate their understanding of content.
Book Features:
Explores the role of curation in the classroom.
Highlights processes for innovation and multimodal learning.
Showcases the work of teachers from different subjects and grade levels.
Provides examples of integrated learning through lesson planning, curatorial maps, and learning stories.
Highlights strategies that can deepen artistic literacy and engage students through formative assessment.
Contents
Contents (Tentative)
Foreword
Beth Lambert vii
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: Arts-Integrated Learning and Creativity 1
Creativity in Our Schools 1
Arts Integration 4
Arts as a Means of Formative Assessment 7
Influence of Pedagogical Research 9
Blending Theory and Practice: A Journey Through This Book 11
1. A New Lens for Assessment 13
Reframing Assessment 13
Authentic Assessment 15
Reflective Practice 19
Creative Assessment Linked with the Arts 21
Instructional Design 24
We Are the Change 25
2. Culturally Relevant Arts Teaching, Learning, and Assessment 28
What Is Culturally Relevant Teaching? 29
A Focus on Diverse Students 32
Arts and Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning 34
Reflecting on Practice 38
Creating a Positive Environment for Learning 38
3. Teacher as Curator 43
The Art of Curation 43
Building Curation Skills 49
Curation as Part of Formative Assessment 50
4. Deepening the Lesson Plan 56
Lesson Planning 56
Lesson Design 61
Eight Curatorial Lenses for Reviewing and Deepening a Lesson Plan 71
Reclaiming Lesson Plans 78
5. Curation Maps: Tracing the Journey 80
Activating the Curation and Mapping Process 81
Understanding the Curation Map 84
Creating Curation Maps 89
Curation Leads to Insight 104
6. Learning Stories: Voices from the Field 106
The Learning Story 106
Story Examples from Teachers 110
Final Thoughts 132
7. Creative Assessment Strategies 134
Strategy 1: Altered Text 135
Strategy 2: Collage 139
Strategy 3: Dialogue Poem 144
Strategy 4: Movement Phrase 148
Strategy 5: Role-Play 154
Strategy 6: Soundscape 160
Strategy 7: Storyboard 165
Strategy 8: Tableau 170
Conclusion 179
The Arts as Verbs in the Classroom 180
The Artistry of Teaching 180
Key Nuggets 181
Meaningful Learning Experiences 182
References 185
Index 197
About the Authors 207
