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2007/08 Block Feeds on KET ED
- Block Feed: Programs 101-108 Program Details
- 3 hours, 59 minutes
- Monday, August 20 at 4:00 pm on KETED
- Monday, January 14 at 4:00 pm on KETED
- Block Feed: Programs 109-114 Program Details
- 2 hours, 59 minutes
- Monday, August 27 at 4:00 pm on KETED
- Monday, January 21 at 4:00 pm on KETED
Episodes Included in These Block Feeds
- 101. Introducing Arts Education
- Insights from teachers and administrators, plus examples of successful arts instruction in classrooms across America, illustrate the varied forms of arts education. Teachers, administrators, students, and parents offer thoughtful and sometimes humorous comments on what the arts mean to them. And educators from several schools tell how they know whether their students are "getting it." 23 minutes.
- 102. Expanding the Role of the Arts Specialist
- Three arts teachers work with colleagues around their schools, using collaborative techniques that go beyond the traditional work of arts specialists. Kathy DeJean is a dance artist at Lusher Alternative Elementary School in New Orleans; Mary Perkerson is the visual art teacher at Harmony Leland Elementary School in Mableton, GA; and Amanda Newberry is the theater specialist at Lusher. 29 minutes.
- 103. Teaching Dance
- Two teachers with contrasting training and approaches to teaching bring rich dance experiences to students at their arts-based schools. Kathy DeJean, the dance specialist at Lusher Alternative Elementary School in New Orleans, promotes inquiry and self-expression in a multi-grade dance class. Scott Pivnik, a former physical education teacher at P.S. 156 (the Waverly School of the Arts) in Brooklyn, NY, uses African dance as a gateway to geography, writing, and personal growth for a class of 2nd graders. 29 minutes.
- 104. Teaching Music
- Music specialists from two arts-based schools demonstrate different approaches to serving diverse student populations. At Harmony Leland Elementary School in Mableton, GA, all 500 students study the violin. Their classes with Barrett Jackson become lessons in character and discipline. At Smith Renaissance School of the Arts in Denver, Sylvia Bookhardt and a class of 5th graders explore the Renaissance through choral singing. 29 minutes.
- 105. Teaching Theater
- Two specialists work on basic theater skills with children of various ages, using drama as a gateway to other kinds of learning. At Lusher Alternative Elementary School in New Orleans, Amanda Newberry's lesson in improvisation with a 3rd-grade class stimulates students' imagination, heightens language and listening skills, and encourages critical thinking. At Barney Ford Elementary School in Denver, George Jackson teaches basic movement skills to a 1st-grade class, invites 4th graders to take center stage as they explore a script, and works with 5th graders to create masks that reveal inner feelings. 29 minutes.
- 106. Teaching Visual Art
- Two visual art specialists use contrasting interpretations of the human face to explore inquiry-based instruction and various techniques in visual art. Pamela Mancini, the visual art teacher at Helen Street School in Hamden, CT, uses portraits to foster inquiry and self-expression with a class of 5th graders. At Ridgeway Elementary School in White Plains, NY, Mary Frances Perkins introduces mask making to a 2nd-grade art class. In making their own masks, students examine the concept of symmetry, study the vocabulary word for the day, and learn that masks are found in cultures throughout the world. 29 minutes.
- 107. Developing an Arts-Based Unit
- A team of 1st- and 2nd-grade teachers at Lusher Alternative Elementary School in New Orleans plans a year-end project that will let students show what they have learned in science, math, and English. The students write and perform an original play, using a painting by Breughel and an opera by Stravinsky as their starting points. 29 minutes.
- 108. Working with Local Artists
- Students and teachers at P.S. 156 (the Waverly School of the Arts) in Brooklyn, NY benefit from the school's established relationships with artists from local organizations. A 1st-grade class creates original works with two visiting artists—a dancer and a writer. 29 minutes.
- 109. Collaborating with a Cultural Resource
- A 4th-grade teacher and a museum educator in New Orleans collaborate to develop a unit of study with ties to language arts, social studies, and visual art. Students explore the work of a well-known artist, visit an exhibition of his work, meet for a drawing lesson alongside the Mississippi River, and create poems and pictures that they proudly display to their parents. 29 minutes.
- 110. Bringing Artists to Your Community
- Successful collaborations between classroom teachers and artists who come for residencies enrich the curriculum of a rural school in Idalia, CO. A visiting actor brings storytelling and vocabulary to life for kindergarten and 4th-grade students and their teachers, while a musician engages 1st and 3rd graders in writing songs that relate to subjects they are studying. 29 minutes.
- 111. Students Create a Multi-Arts Performance
- A team of arts specialists and classroom teachers at Lusher Alternative Elementary School in New Orleans guides kindergarten and 4th-grade students in creating an original work based on Cirque du Soleil's Quidam. The students brainstorm about characters' emotions, create speech and movement for the characters, construct costumes, and perform the finished work. 29 minutes.
- 112. Borrowing from the Arts To Enhance Learning
- To add vitality and context to day-to-day learning experiences, three teachers use techniques drawn from the arts that engage their students' minds, bodies, and emotions. In Denver, a teacher uses rhythm, color, movement, and hands-on projects to engage her class of 4th- and 5th-grade boys. In White Plains, NY, 3rd graders create short skits that help them understand the concept of cause and effect. In Lithonia, GA, a 5th-grade social studies unit on family history culminates with students using favorite objects to make visual representations of their lives. 29 minutes.
- 113. Three Leaders at Arts-Based Schools
- At Lusher Elementary School in New Orleans, principal Kathleen Hurstell Riedlinger works closely with a leadership team of classroom and arts teachers. The team's central role in management is part of a long-term strategy to protect the school's commitment to arts-based learning. Video segments introduce individual members of the team and show them working together on a diverse agenda, including the school's annual Arts Celebration, enrollment policy, and orientation of new teachers to the school's curriculum. 29 minutes.
- 114. Leadership Team
- Three administrators provide instructional leadership and solve day-to-day challenges at arts-based schools serving diverse student populations. In Brooklyn, principal Martha Rodriguez-Torres focuses on providing teachers the resources they need to fulfill the program. In Georgia, principal Sandra McGary-Ervin encourages use of the arts to achieve the school's priority goal of literacy. And in Denver, assistant principal Rory Pullens uses his own arts background to ensure that the arts play a prominent role in day-to-day learning. 29 minutes.
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