SCEA is among 12 higher-education institutions profiled in the Dana Foundation’s new book TRANSFORMING ARTS TEACHING: THE ROLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. The book examines innovations in arts-teacher training and features the proceedings from Dana’s 2007 national symposium that examined ways in which colleges and universities can enhance arts learning. It is available free from the Dana Foundation.
DITTO: THE CREATIVE PROCESS IN DANCE AND WRITING
Marissa Nesbit, SCEA director of dance education, and Julianna Hane, a teaching artist in North and South Carolina, conducted three residencies using similar approaches to integrating dance and writing for elementary students. Their description of an innovative teaching approach that engages synergies between dance and creative writing is published in the Teaching Artist Journal, Vol. 5. No. 2, 2007. Download a copy of Ditto: The Creative Process in Dance and Writing
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT VIDEO SERIES
Annenberg Media is now airing three professional development series about arts education. These programs are produced by Lavine Production Group (New York) in collaboration with the Southeast Center for Education in the Arts (Chattanooga), EDC Center for Children and Technology (New York), and KSA-Plus Communications (Washington DC). Explore the links below for more information and view the programs through video on demand.
The Art of Teaching the Arts workshop examines how principles of good teaching are carried out in high school arts programs. Arts specialists from across the country demonstrate their practice and discuss their goals, methods, and experiences.
Connecting with the Arts video workshop and library feature a variety of meaningful arts integration approaches taking place in middle school classrooms around the country.
The Arts in Every Classroom video workshop and library provide new ideas about working with the arts for K-5 classroom and arts specialist teachers.
A FRAMEWORK FOR TEACHING & LEARNING THROUGH THE ARTS & TECHNOLOGIES OF TELEVISION
Gaining a deeper understanding of the numerous art forms comprising television can strengthen students' abilities to perceive and interpret visual symbols, stories and messages in our complex media-saturated society. This 121 page Framework was authored for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences by Kim Wheetley (SCEA director) and Cyrice Griffith-Siebens. It provides background and instructional strategies to engage students in exploring the artistic processes utilized to create and electronically communicate visual stories.
Download the framework from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences website. On the Downloads page click on Academy/Getty Educational Framework.
TENNESSEE GOVERNOR'S AWARDS IN THE ARTS
The Tennessee Arts Commission awarded SCEA it's 2003 Governor's Arts Leadership Award for nurturing creative inquiry into teaching and learning. Read what friends of the Center had to say in their letters of support.
STUDY ON ARTS EDUCATION
We are pleased to share the results of the five-year Transforming Education Through the Arts Challenge, which began in 1996. SCEA worked with five other regional arts education organizations and 35 schools in seven states. Consortium members explored, assessed, and documented ways in which intensive professional development, comprehensive arts education, and systemic school reform can transform schools.
