Teaching & Learning - Vol. 36 No. 1

Reshaping the Paradigm: The Art of Learning by Doing

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How do we learn to make ceramics? We can easily identify our skills, but how do we quantify our knowledge? Skill and knowledge are two entirely different entities with differing vocabularies, yet they are intimately entwined.

The Sculpture of Life Forms at Juniata College

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Jack Troy

Several years ago, I became intrigued with Art Forms in Nature, a book of drawings by Ernst Haeckel (1834-^9) depicting microscopic creatures such as radiolarians (a type of marine Protozoa), foraminifera, and diatoms.

Thoughts from the Road: Learning to Teach Workshops

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Kristen Kieffer

The primary reason I began teaching was to supplement my art-making income. But I continue to teach because sharing what I love doing is gratifying, and the support and energy are reciprocal.

Containment

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Jack Troy

A short poem by Jack Troy.

Red Dirt Studio

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Margaret A. Boozer

"I love teaching; I consider it part of my creative work. But after ten years in a less-than-satisfying position as adjunct professor at a local art school, I needed to do it differently. So in the fall of 2002, I started Red Dirt Seminar; I imagined part-graduate school, part-business-of-art incubator."

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