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Social and emotional learning through creative classrooms
(2020-03-27) Woodard, Katheryn Elise; Bain, Christina; Adejumo, Christopher
This study investigates the teaching experience of one elementary school visual art teacher during her time at Austin Best School (ABS) in Austin, TX. Through a narrative interview, this case-study examines how social and emotional learning (SEL) is incorporated in one art classroom and the educator’s perspectives concerning this approach. Through this investigation, a close look was taken at the ways an art educator can promote social and emotional learning both informally through interaction with peers and teachers, as well as formally through curriculum. Art education in school settings engages students in a different way than a traditional classroom, and therefore allows for more open communication and expression. Art education has the potential to give these students an outlet by which to respond to their emotions, to others, and to their environment in a way that feels safe and accessible at all age levels. There is a need for more specific research into how art educators are incorporating social and emotional learning in ways that are directly benefiting students’ development. This project helps to demonstrate how art educators can assist in the development of competencies that allow their students to better relate to others and the world in which they live