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Curtains Up - Utilizing Assistive Technology for Inclusive Theater Experiences
Get PDFCommunity partnerships can enhance inclusive spaces within the performing arts maximizing the knowledge and expertise within organizations. This article shares the components of a collaboration between a non-profit performing arts venue and a graduate program in assistive technology (AT). Through this affiliation visual and communication supports were designed and implemented at sensory-friendly and relaxed performances offered at the theater. A patron profile is presented to illustrate how the supports were integrated before, during, and after the event. The article concludes with next steps and actual patron perspectives as a result of the relationship
I Have To Be On Their Side : A Pedagogy of Kindness
Get PDFThe contemporary expectation for visual arts teachers to meet the needs of all learners was explored in this 2011 case study conducted in a secondary visual arts classroom. Exploring ways that care for students manifested, specifically through a pedagogy of kindness, in a classroom designed to meet the needs of students experiencing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHA) and/or autism is revisited and contextualized in our post-COVID reality, where care in education is a central concern. The authors outline how one visual arts educator developed a pedagogy of kindness resulting in the need for specific teacher dispositions. Teacher-student relationships are also discussed within the creating and responding to art with a pedagogy of kindness, kind approaches to promoting positive classroom behaviors, and affirmation of individual and collective identities. Additionally, recommendations for enacting and internalizing a pedagogy of kindness as an art educator are suggested
Adaptive Model Control of Residential Solar-Air Source Hybrid Heat Pumps Water Heating System
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