Choosing Instructional Approaches

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Arts teachers take on a variety of roles and use many different instructional techniques as they engage with their students. Teachers can be instructors, mentors, directors, coaches, artists, performers, collaborators, facilitators, critics, or audience members. In this session, participants follow a vocal music teacher as she takes on different roles in order to encourage students to find creative solutions to artistic challenges. Next, an acting teacher becomes a facilitator as his students report on research about theater history. Then a visual art teacher guides her students in a drawing assignment, varying her approach based on the students' individual needs. Finally, two dance teachers engage students in critical analysis of a painting as a way to encourage expression with words as well as movement.