Dialogue - Jennifer Stern Granowitz and Erin Beser: How We Talk About Art- March 10, 2021

In this episode, Jennifer Stern Granowitz and Erin Beser speak to Jewish educator and artist Sarah Damelin about the importance of integrating art in Jewish education to teach valuable critical thinking skills of exploration, interpretation, and decision making. Listen to Damelin’s advice on how to engage different types of learners when making art and how to talk to them about their work.

Discussion and Reflection Questions

1. How can you incorporate art in a new way during an upcoming lesson?

2. Next time you see a student’s work, what is a new way you could respond?

3. A question from Sarah Damelin: How can you use art experiences in your classroom to push kids to develop their sense of confidence and self-worth in other things that they do?

 

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