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The Adventure Begins: Kearney Catholic Football (The First Four Years)
Get PDFThe primary focus of this document, The Adventure Begins…The First Four Years of Kearney Catholic Football, is the history of football at Kearney Catholic High School that begins with the playing of the first 34 games from 1961 to 1964. However, the scope of the KCHS football history is much larger and longer than just those first four years. It is actually an ongoing story of the KCHS Football Adventures, each Adventure lasting one season, which began with our first football game on September 13, 1961.
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Exploring Hindrances to Artistic Expression in the High School Art Classroom
Get PDFThis qualitative phenomenological research study focuses on the exploration and understanding of the experiences of students who may feel hindered in their creativity and artistic expression in the high school art classroom due to various constraints. The major objectives of this study include researching ways artistic expression and creativity are hindered, including institutional policies, time limitations, resource availability, and other potential external pressures, such as curricular mandates. Data will be gathered through classroom observations, the collection of ninth through twelfth-grade student artwork created under varying levels of constraint, and written student reflections. This study will provide potential insights that result in developing strategies that foster a more supportive and creative environment for high school students in the art classroom
Authentically Assessing Student Learning in a Data Driven School System
Get PDFAs educators, we are often tasked with measuring student progress and understanding using standardized testing methods. As a visual arts instructor, I find these testing methods to be antiquated and inadequate for measuring students’ knowledge in the classroom, as they solely focus on an individual’s ability to recognize, recall or repeat factual data. If the goal of a quarterly assessment is to answer the question, “How do we know that the students know what we want them to know?” then standardized assessments are not the answer for the visual arts. The art classroom is a creative and expressive space, where ideas and inspiration intersect with technical skills, methods and knowledge to produce unique compositions and designs. The assessment tool, therefore, should be equally as creative, skill-based and diverse. In this intersecting mixed methods case study, I will replace my students’ traditional quarterly exams with an authentic assessment, allowing students to engage in artmaking exercises to thoroughly demonstrate their understanding of the curriculum
