University/Organization
Covenant College
Title
[Seeing Inside: Death with Dignity or Simply the Sin of Suicide?] Suicide as seen through the Spanish film Mar Adentro
Synopsis
In the film Mar Adentro (The Sea Inside) the main character ends his life after suffering for 29 years as a quadriplegic. I explain in this presentation how I teach on the difficult topic of suicide through this film, which is based on the true story of Ramón Sampedro.
University/Organization:
Columbia College Chicago
Title
Community Engagement Practices with High School Radio Stations
Synopsis
A few high school radio stations have become important training grounds for students who go on to successful careers in broadcasting. However, the widely held perception is that most high school radio stations are poorly programmed and of little use to the community, high school curriculum or for future of broadcast professionals. The time to instill curiosity in students in the field of broadcasting is when they are in high school and this project would influence ways to engage these high schools on the benefits and uses for these broadcast signals. This project has provided valuable insight into the high school student learning process regarding the broadcast media, the outreach to their communities and its possible effects on student matriculation while studying the broadcast industry.
University/Organization
California State University, Northridge
Title
The Surrealist Poetic Imagination and the Trujillo Dictatorship in the Dominican Republic, 1943-1947
Synopsis
La Poesía Sorprendida was a literary movement and journal that flourished in the Dominican Republic between 1943 and 1947.
University/Organization
Southern Methodist University
Title
The Ecstatic Dance of Burning Man: Permission to Transcend
Synopsis
An examination of the emergence and evolution of dance sub-cultures throughout the history of the Burning Man event. (This paper is supported by projected videography from the dance/culture documentary The Ecstatic Dance of Burning Man set for premiere in the spring of 2013).
University/Organization
National University School of Education
Title
The Best Teacher You Ever Had – Self Assessment of Dispositions by Early Childhood Teachers
Synopsis
Participants will create a definition of the best teacher they ever had. In a self-assessment, participants will compare their dispositional strengths to those demonstrated by their best teacher.
University/Organization
Kentucky Wesleyan College
Title I
Reading, Writing, and Rachmaninoff
Synopsis
This fun program will emphasize literacy through engagement with music. Learning will come alive through great classical music that tells stories, and teachers will study and discuss how to integrate musical communication with reading and writing creative activities. Listeners will discuss what composers are trying to express in pieces of music, and how spoken and written language are intertwined in communication and music. Pianist Diane Earle will perform from a 300-year span of music, experiencing how important communication is through the ages.
Title II
Around the World in 80 Minutes
Synopsis
Social studies, geography, and world language will be included in this interactive, entertaining demonstration recital of music from around the world. Pianist Diane Earle will perform music from China, Europe, South America, Africa, and include the impact of North American music in a musical tour of the globe.
University/Organization
Bacone College
Title I
Whose Line Is It Anyway? Using Improvisation to Foster Creativity in College Students
Synopsis
As part of a series of classes designed to encourage the development of creativity in students with no background in the arts, Creativity: Improvisation uses theatre games and improvisational techniques to develop a new openness to thinking outside the box and making creative life choices.
Title II
First I Talk, Then You Talk: An Interactive Method of Teaching Playwriting to Novices
Synopsis
This interactive workshop demonstrates a fun way to begin a Playwriting unit for students who have limited knowledge of theatre in general or playwriting in particular. It is suitable and effective both for inexperienced students in an Introduction to Theatre class and for theatre majors in their first Playwriting endeavor.
University/Organization:
University of California Santa Cruz
Title
The Symbolic Language of Ethiopian Crosses: Interweaving Sacred History and Human Hopes in the Context of Ritual
Synopsis
Ethiopian crosses are characterized by unparalleled complexity and intricacy. This paper discusses visual aspects, textual sources, and prominent elements of Ethiopian culture and history in order to illuminate the multilayered symbolism of these crosses and their references to basic theological ideas and devotional needs in the context of ritual.
University/Organization:
University of California Santa Cruz
Title
Engaging Disengaged Youth: Successful Strategies for Museum Educators
Synopsis
Student distractions in social learning contexts have escalated and are taxing the effectiveness of museum educators who guide school tours. A seasoned teacher educator offers research-based, humor- filled strategies that build student engagement self-efficacy as a means to enhance teacher museum educator performance.
Title
Raising Docent Confidence in Engaging Students on School Tours
Synopsis
Is a capability to engage students as fundamental museum education as a working knowledge of the collections? What strategies can raise the level of engagement with works of art?
University/Organization:
Tokyo University of Agriculture
Title
The Sensuality of Books: Toying with Edo Sharebon Books
Synopsis
This paper discusses unique aspects of the reading experience of sharebon works, a genre of Edo “playful literature”. The materiality of the books creates an ironic aesthetic of textuality due to the way the material layout of the text. “Yûshi hôgen” is used as the main example.