Teach like a Muse

Muses are the nine goddesses that inspire us in the arts and sciences. Yes, I know that they are not real…but the idea that they exist in our mind or our world is quite fascinating to me. I love the word inspire. It is so enlightening and ever since I started using it in my [...]

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Pulling away from art to come back to it

One idea I keep coming back to in my mind from reading Dewey is this. Actually, let me back up. My prob is that I keep thinking that Dewey is defining all experiences as art and it is confusing me. Does that mean that walking down the street is art if you have had an [...]

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Dewey's Art as Experience

I am reading this as part of a course I am taking and I’ve come across some interesting revelations in reading it, pondering it and discussing it with my teacher. Experiences – they occur all the time, in fact, according to John Dewey life is a string of continuous experiences. He does however differentiate between [...]

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The Process

During these time of such high-stakes testing, we need to explore new and innovative ways to make sure the arts does not get beaten back, but brought to the forefront. Who is going to be the first to have the guts to try it? Not just we teachers in the classrooms, but administrators and politicians. [...]

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