Modern Curriculum Innovations: Permission-Based Seedling Growth

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For all the years that I have been a college professor I have annually taught an introductory course in art teaching methods. The mode-of-operation Contemporary Art Curricular Inventions aimsÑnot to show students how to write curriculumÑbut rather to amass an interminable collection of idea seedlingsÑat the beginning of their teaching practiceÑfor years of art teaching through the languages of contemporary art. These seedlingsÑin their essenceÑare the quick product of imaginative contemporary art analysis in order to quickly learn its vocabulary, syntax, and possibilities. This is a search in contemporary art for permissions for our work and the work or our students. Not unlike a scholarly literature review, we look at what has been done before to see what can be done next. It may be where the art teacher goes from being a an educational professional to a creative practitioner who just happens to enjoy the challenges and benefits of a professional post.

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