Transition To Choice Based Art Education

Allowing children to define their own educational goals is critical if they are to fully acquire the capacity for independent thinking. El...

1st Graders stencil a radial design floor mural. Multi-age students help edit an I-Movie with their teacher. Construction Center c...

Rhizomatic curricular structures look like choice based art education art rooms. They are places where organic learning communities ...

2nd Graders create a city out of blocks. My friend and colleague Clark Fralick and I looked at this question for several years. Aft...

Is the mind a blank slate? An empty vessel to pour information and data into without the consent of the learner? Or is the mind an organic ...

6th Grade boy fine tunes his cardboard glider, experimenting with weight and balance. 6th grade boy corrects a design flaw in his unb...

Our librarian Mrs. Haeberle, brought in a wonderful new addition to our still life object collection and it has been the biggest thing in ...

A third grade girl told me she wanted to be a veterinarian when she grows up. She loves to do observation drawings of  animal pictures fro...

Science, technology, engineering, art and math integration in an art room dedicated to learner directed art education experience will be m...

I was walking to lunch today when one of our parents stopped me in the hallway, "Are you Mr. Gaw? I want to talk with you." ...

Marble runs are the bomb! Campers work hard to express personal ideas at the cardboard construction center. Clark and I just finish...

Another morning with 6th Graders and their building materials.....

Mr. Fralick and Mr. Gaw's summer art camp is back at Post Road Community Park for this Summer! More info and registration HERE.

A view of the main exhibition hall at the Hancock County Art Exhibit. New Palestine Elementary exhibition panels with child direc...

Pictures depicting student construction work with cardboard and paper delta gliders and marble runs of various des...