
Behavioral Literacy Through Drama
Behavioral literacy through drama is an effective approach valuing each child, and can transform your teaching and your classroom.
Deirdre is a teaching artist and AI coach in the San Diego public schools dedicated to helping classroom teachers make arts an integral part of their teaching. Deirdre has an MEd in Arts Integration and over twenty years of classroom and performing arts teaching experience. Email Deirdre.
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Behavioral literacy through drama is an effective approach valuing each child, and can transform your teaching and your classroom.


Art and Teaching for Transfer - By having students express learning through art, they can foster minds that are flexible, critical and ready to express.

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Perhaps this is the year your school decides to harness the power of intergenerational learning and witness the benefits for everyone involved.

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Think about ways you can involve your students in helping to create that space.


To completely commit, this will make a more gratifying experience for them as artists and will reach and captivate your audience.

As a school, we did try to connect families and arts integration by encouraging involvement this year to a much higher degree than in previous years.

I believe performances are very valuable and I do believe in keeping the focus on the learning process but, there’s just something about performing arts.
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