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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Weida, Courtney – Teaching Artist Journal, 2015
The work of teachers and literacy specialists has a lot of potential overlap with that of teaching artists of visual and literary arts within early childhood education. When young people in preschools and kindergartens practice early art and literacy, these two areas build in a sort of symphony as youngsters tell stories, make drawings of their…
Descriptors: Art Teachers, Artists, Handicrafts, Books
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Christensen, Carrie Ann – Teaching Artist Journal, 2015
The classroom offers a unique and effective venue for community engagement and an opportunity for teaching artists to dive into a topic on both practical and theoretical levels, resulting in well-informed input. That well-informed input is then translated into thoughtful action. It is exciting to engage students early on in shaping their community…
Descriptors: Art Education, Water, School Community Relationship, Elementary School Students
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Risner, Doug; Anderson, Mary Elizabeth – Teaching Artist Journal, 2015
Drawn from the authors' larger study of teaching artists in dance and theatre arts (Anderson and Risner, Hybrid Lives), this analysis investigated participants' (n = 172) attitudes and beliefs about the need and relevance of a teaching artist credential or certificate. Data were obtained through an in-depth, online survey, electronic…
Descriptors: Art Teachers, Artists, Dance Education, Theater Arts