Teacher As Curator
Formative Assessment and Arts-Based Strategies

Lisa Donovan (Author), Sarah Anderberg (Edited by)

9780807764480

Paperback / softback, published 30 October 2020

224 pages
22 x 14.9 x 1.5 cm, 0.3 kg

Teacher as Curator provides a roadmap for using creative strategies to engage both educators and students in the learning process. Focusing on key qualities of culturally and linguistically responsive arts learning, chapters specifically demonstrate how arts integration strategies and formative assessment can be a catalyst for change in the classroom. Readers will be inspired by teachers and practitioners who have donned the role of curator to achieve significant results. Kindergarten–college educators will find research-based protocols and practices that they can translate into any educational setting. In digestible chapters, this resource provides a theoretical base for building artistic literacy into the curriculum and for developing multimodal opportunities for students to demonstrate their understanding of content.

Book Features:

• Explores the role of curation in the classroom.
• Highlights processes for innovation and multimodal learning.
• Showcases the work of teachers from different subjects and grade levels.
• Provides examples of integrated learning through lesson planning, curatorial maps, and learning stories.
• Highlights strategies that can deepen artistic literacy and engage students through formative assessment.

• Contents (Tentative)
• Foreword 
  
• Beth Lambert 
  vii
• Preface 
  ix
• Acknowledgments 
  xi
• Introduction: Arts-Integrated Learning and Creativity 
  1
• Creativity in Our Schools 
  1
• Arts Integration 
  4
• Arts as a Means of Formative Assessment 
  7
• Influence of Pedagogical Research 
  9
• Blending Theory and Practice: A Journey Through This Book 
  11
• 1. 
  A New Lens for Assessment 
  13
• Reframing Assessment 
  13
• Authentic Assessment 
  15
• Reflective Practice 
  19
• Creative Assessment Linked with the Arts 
  21
• Instructional Design 
  24
• We Are the Change 
  25
• 2. 
  Culturally Relevant Arts Teaching, Learning, and Assessment 
  28
• What Is Culturally Relevant Teaching? 
  29
• A Focus on Diverse Students  
  32
• Arts and Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning 
  34
• Reflecting on Practice 
  38
• Creating a Positive Environment for Learning 
  38
• 3. 
  Teacher as Curator 
  43
• The Art of Curation 
  43
• Building Curation Skills 
  49
• Curation as Part of Formative Assessment  
  50
• 4. 
  Deepening the Lesson Plan 
  56
• Lesson Planning 
  56
• Lesson Design 
  61
• Eight Curatorial Lenses for Reviewing and Deepening a Lesson Plan 
  71
• Reclaiming Lesson Plans 
  78
• 5. 
  Curation Maps: Tracing the Journey  
  80
• Activating the Curation and Mapping Process 
  81
• Understanding the Curation Map 
  84
• Creating Curation Maps 
  89
• Curation Leads to Insight 
  104
• 6. 
  Learning Stories: Voices from the Field 
  106
• The Learning Story 
  106
• Story Examples from Teachers  
  110
• Final Thoughts 
  132
• 7. 
  Creative Assessment Strategies 
  134
• Strategy 1: Altered Text  
  135
• Strategy 2: Collage 
  139
• Strategy 3: Dialogue Poem 
  144
• Strategy 4: Movement Phrase 
  148
• Strategy 5: Role-Play  
  154
• Strategy 6: Soundscape 
  160
• Strategy 7: Storyboard 
  165
• Strategy 8: Tableau  
  170
• Conclusion 
  179
• The Arts as Verbs in the Classroom 
  180
• The Artistry of Teaching 
  180
• Key Nuggets 
  181
• Meaningful Learning Experiences 
  182
• References 
  185
• Index 
  197
• About the Authors 
  207