Fostering Spaces and Systems Which Value Diverse Ways of Knowing: A Path Towards Inclusion and Belonging

Each year, Creative Generation conducts a campaign with a specific focus and this year’s campaign is “Intergenerational Collaboration,” explored through quarterly topics. In this blog, Managing Director Jeff M. Poulin explores this quarter’s topic, Valuing Ways of Knowing, by reflecting on every blog our collective members worked on during this quarter and his own experience with a teacher who fostered his own way of knowing.

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Integrating Design Principles as Thematic Analysis

“As practitioners, many of us naturally identify patterns and themes; others process information in terms of design. Moving forward with a process, like this one, to uplift, aggregate, analyze, and present information opens up numerous pathways for practitioners of all types and learners of all styles.”

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11 Things We Learned about Virtual Learning, Digital Literacy, and Technology Integration in Arts Learning

From May - August 2023, the State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education (SEADAE) and Creative Generation collaborated to conduct an organizational reflection process to document and aggregate the strong practices in virtual arts learning uncovered throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Through this project, the two organizations produced a reflection to: aggregate learnings from members of SEADAE; synthesize ideas to guide members and respective stakeholders when designing virtual arts learning opportunities, considering technology and virtual integration in the standards review process, and developing standards-based assessments; and identify future inquiries.

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The Duality of Eldership: Refining a Practice

Each year, Creative Generation conducts a campaign with a specific focus and this year’s campaign is “Intergenerational Collaboration,” explored through quarterly topics. In this blog, Managing Director Jeff M. Poulin rounds out this quarter’s topic, Redefining Eldership, and ties together all the other blogs in this series by our collective members.

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REDEFINING ELDERSHIP: A Letter to the Arts Education Community

Each year, Creative Generation conducts a campaign with a specific focus and this year’s campaign is “Intergenerational Collaboration,” explored through quarterly topics. In this blog, Managing Director Jeff M. Poulin explores this quarter’s topic, Redefining Eldership, through his own experience in the field and an open letter to the arts education community.

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