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September, 1990
Newsletter Vol. 1, No. 1Summer Institute a Success!
According to the program evaluation conducted by
UNT's Center for Collaborative Research, this summer's
North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts
clearly received the endorsement of the participants in-
volved. Museum visits were cited most often as a factor
contributing to the success of the Institute, while high marks
were also given to presentations made by Karen Hamblen
(questioning skills), Bill McCarter (art vocabulary), Don
Schol (sculptor), and Monica Michell (creative drama).
One classroom teacher commented, "This institute was
very thorough and educational. It will really have a positive
effect on my integrated method of teaching. Art will become
a focal point for teaching many higher level thinking skills.
It will impact the language arts program because it is so
closely associated with the skills taught in language (main
idea, subject matter, descriptive words, and deeper thinking
activities)."
This contention is supported by educators in other
areas where regional institutes have been held. Faith Clover,
Director for the Portland (Oregon) Institute for Education on
DBAE reported in the Winter, 1990 Getty Newsletter,
"We've seen such a difference in what the kids were receiv-
ing in art instruction. After the first year, parents were
requesting that their children be placed in classrooms with
teachers who had DBAE training. We're finding that the
students in DBAE classes tend to have much richer vocabu-
laries, which they've developed through the aesthetic scan-
ning process. They are more insightful when they look at
paintings and other objects in their environment, and teach-
ers have translated that into writing activities. Student
writing has really improved and is much richer in descriptive
language, much more personal."Making new friends at NTIEVA.
From left: Cassandra Broadus, staff NTIEVA and
Mary Kolter,first grade teacher, Dallas ISDSharing implementation ideas!
From left: Joyce Wood, PPISD Board Member, Sylvia Russell, Art
Coordinator, PPISD and Peggy Mitchell,first grade teacher, HEB ISDVideos Available for Check-out
The North Texas Institute has two videos available for consortium
members to use for grade level and faculty meetings, PTA and
school board meetings. Both of these videos were shown during
the summer institute and many of the participants have requested
to see them again. Call the office at 817-565-3954 to make
arrangements.
Arts for Life
This is the arts advocacy video produced by the Getty and featur-
ing Howard Hesseman, star of tv's "Head of the Class". It veryconvincingly explains the value of art in the curriculum, through
interviews with teachers and school administrators, and scenes of
first and fifth graders in art class.
Broadening the Base of Art Education; A Balanced
Approach to the Study of Art
In this video, art and language arts teachers team-teach a second
grade unit on animals, with content from aesthetics, criticism, art
production and art history, and a meaningful follow-through in
poetry writing.NORTH TEXAS
INSTITUTE
for EDUCATORS
on the VISUAL ARTS
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