Saturday, February 26, 2005
GREAT QUOTE WITH NO PLACE TO GO
Generaly speaking, most of us learn what we have been prepared to learn. When students have . . . little or no experience with the art form to which they are to be exposed - the act of watching an hour-long theatrical, dance, or musical perofrmance is unlikely to afford them much more than an hour's pleasure or boredom and, of course, the experience of seeing a live perofrmance.
While an hour's worth of entertainment and a moment of exposure to live theatre may be considered "better than nothing" by some, others (myself included) persistently challenge the legitmacy and deny the tolerability of such a "standard" for student learning in the arts.
- Constance Bumgarner
in Arts Education Policy Review. Jan. '94
Generaly speaking, most of us learn what we have been prepared to learn. When students have . . . little or no experience with the art form to which they are to be exposed - the act of watching an hour-long theatrical, dance, or musical perofrmance is unlikely to afford them much more than an hour's pleasure or boredom and, of course, the experience of seeing a live perofrmance.
While an hour's worth of entertainment and a moment of exposure to live theatre may be considered "better than nothing" by some, others (myself included) persistently challenge the legitmacy and deny the tolerability of such a "standard" for student learning in the arts.
- Constance Bumgarner
in Arts Education Policy Review. Jan. '94