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Preserving a Child’s Autonomy in Art-Making

Preserving a Child’s Autonomy in Art-Making

by Robin Brooks | May 26, 2018 | Teaching and Learning, Uncategorized

I posted this meme from the Badass Teachers Association three years ago and it is still relevant. When their school work is all externally driven, teacher controlled and directed, children lose all sense of what motivates them. Rubrics like this one (left) have become...
The Critical Work of Teachers, as told by Vivian Paley

The Critical Work of Teachers, as told by Vivian Paley

by Robin Brooks | Dec 10, 2017 | News and Events, Teaching and Learning, Uncategorized

Vivian Gussin Paley at 92Y Wonderplay Conference 2008 (follow this link to her keynote speech) If you are someone who cares about what goes on in schools, please watch this short keynote address by one of my education heroes, Vivian Gussin Paley. She explains the...

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