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Hello Madrid teachers. My name is Dr. Enid Larsen. I'm from Beverly,

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Massachusetts. I'm here to describe the course that I'm offering this summer

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called Integrated Arts in the Classroom. Make learning come alive with visual

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arts, music, drama, movement. The value of this course is that the arts are

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powerful. Children have so many different learning styles and preferences that the more tools that we

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have in our toolbox, the stronger our teaching capacity is. But we also know, importantly, that

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using more parts of the brain strengthens subject learning, content learning. It also results in

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more of a holistic experience because we're using the senses and we're using the emotions and the

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physical body in learning. The classroom is enlightened, not only the children's learning,

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but also your teaching. The best way we're going to do this is to engage you in studio work. You're

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going to be engaged in all of these kinds of art practices. We're going to use the Madrid Guidelines

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for the primary curriculum, and this course is appropriate for all teachers, whether you've had

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art exposure or not. What it does take is a willingness to engage, a willingness to experiment,

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and a willingness to allow yourself to not know everything, just like your students. And hopefully

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in doing that we will also develop some more empathy for our students' learning.

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We will create a classroom culture in which your learning will come alive.

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So I look so forward to seeing you this summer.

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Thank you very much.