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5 ways to integrate language arts into STEM

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As a language arts teacher at a partial STEM Magnet middle school in Southern Georgia, I have the opportunity to teach an amazing group of students; their willingness to expand their educational horizons amazes me every day. So, how do I keep my math, science, and STEM-minded students engaged in the language arts?

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3 ways students with autism benefit from art, music and recreation

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Art for Students with Autism. Art therapy helps students with autism target imagination and abstract thinking, sensory integration and regulation, emotion and self-expression, developmental growth, visual-spatial skills, and recreation and leisure skills. “As Music for Students with Autism. About the Presenters.

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Why Colleges Should Pay Attention to Strikes by Their Most Precarious Teachers

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There’s a news story in higher ed that’s not getting enough attention. The nation’s adjuncts are rising up. Just a few weeks ago at Rutgers University, for instance, adjuncts, grad students and others held a five-day strike over unequal treatment compared to other academic employees.

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Art Saved My Life When I Was a Student. Now, It's Helping My Multilingual Learners.

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Earlier this month at Truesdell Elementary, in the last five minutes of one of my classes, I called for my students' attention. Yet, in the art room, where images are the universal language, his talent shines, allowing his classmates to see his strengths, not just his struggles. Class, class! Yes, yes, they responded in unison.

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Dear Liberal Arts Major: STEM Companies Need Your Skills to Grow

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More companies in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—or STEM—fields are hiring workers with liberal arts backgrounds, according to a recent report. I attended art school for graphic design, discovered web design, and never looked back,” he said. That was the case with Robert Dawson. That was true for Wong of Square.

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3 Reasons Teachers Should Use the Playlist Model

Catlin Tucker

Art Projects: In the visual arts, students often work on projects that require creativity, experimentation, and refinement. To read more about supporting self-paced learning and keeping students on track, check out my blog titled “ The Art of Self-Pacing: How to Build Playlists that Keep Students on Track.”

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Is Teaching an Art or a Science? New Book Takes a Fresh Look at ‘How Humans Learn.’

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EdSurge: Is teaching an art or a science? We actually wrote a post for our Teaching Center’s blog with that title, “Is teaching an art or a science?” But if we focus too much on the science, we lose the human element of teaching—what I think of as the art of teaching. I think there’s a real art to that. Why does it work?

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