The mission of the Pedagogy Arts Collective at Berklee is to foster a collaborative and dynamic community of educators in the pursuit of effective and innovative teaching. Through the pragmatic exploration of pedagogy, educational psychology, technology, student/educator demographics and self-evaluation, the Pedagogy Arts Collective fosters and maximizes holistic excellence in the science and art of education.
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Focusing on Executive Functions: a conversation about UDL
Loui Lord Nelson
Executive functioning skills are a base from which we work to help us organize and execute our thoughts and actions. Unfortunately, not all learners have built these skills and we don’t always know how to help them. This session will review the three main subcategories of executive functions, provide instructional examples, and will offer time for you to think about and document where you’d like to start and how you’ll help learners apply these skills.
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Inclusive Pedagogy and Ensembles
Reeves Shulstad and Pedagogy Arts Collective
How establishing shared goals, objectives, and outcomes for all university ensembles can serve as a locus for inclusive curricular connections and how ensembles can intentionally align with core as well as program curriculum and goals for information literacy.
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How To Make Your Classes, Lessons & Ensembles Accessible for Students with Disabilities
Rhoda Bernard and Pedagogy Arts Collective
Learn about strategies to make your teaching more accessible for all students. Rhoda Bernard will share evidence-based strategies and frameworks that you can use tomorrow in your classes, lessons, and ensembles.
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UDL & Cultural Strengths: Faculty & Student Reflection Opportunities
Lillian Nave and Pedagogy Arts Collective
Join Lillian Nave for this interactive Zoom workshop on Universal Design for Learning and teaching across cultural strengths. We will learn how UDL offers opportunities for reflection and why that is important for culturally relevant pedagogy.
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Pedagogy for Teaching for Engagement
Drew Schrader and Pedagogy Arts Collective
The need for teaching strategies that authentically engage students – without solely relying on grades – has always been critical and more so as we emerge from the current pandemic. In this session, participants will interact with an array of pedagogical approaches to guide this work.
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The Expert as Teacher: Turning Domain Expertise Into Learning
David Dockterman and Pedagogy Arts Collective
The brain physically changes as we gain expertise. What was difficult becomes automatic. What was overwhelming becomes obvious. And we may forget what it was like to be a beginner. In this session we'll explore how domain experts can also grow their pedagogical expertise to better support novices on their journeys to mastery.