... relative absence of art in the education of classroom teachers, given the significance of their potential influence on their future students. Elementary education majors who are enthusiastic about their work, quick to grasp new ideas and productive in their tutorials have explained how they have used their arts classes as a place where they could slow down and relax, (Grace, M. 2001). This ... -artist; this identity has a large impact upon whether or not they ever teach art, and upon the attitudes they pass along to their future students. As I wrote in my lecture 1 notes (Planning for ar...

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... speak of days gone by when they sat in class and were assigned detention for things we do on a regular basis and receive no punishment for. They giggled and passed notes, we use profanity and leave bomb threats. When did we stop respecting teachers as mentors and lose respect from teachers as pupils? Why are we so ... quick to blame? Students blame teachers, parents blame the media, teachers blame parents. Then we"re all shocked that the law blames the actual perpetrators? This idea makes no common sense ... ...

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