by Lisa Rathje | Jun 18, 2024 | News
A Note from Founding Director, Paddy Bowman As the summer unfolds… …and as most K-12 students wind down their school year and look forward to a break, many of their teachers embark on new learning adventures through summertime professional development...
by Lisa Rathje | Feb 7, 2024 | News
Read the latest e-bulletin published February 6, 2024 here! This e-bulletin includes a welcome from our new Board Chair Halle Butvin, updates on summer opportunities, and more. Dear Local Learning Community, I’m excited to begin 2024 as the new Chair of the...
by Lisa Rathje | Dec 18, 2023 | News
As we send this final e-bulletin of the year and reflect on 2023, we took a moment to note some highlights. Local Learning: Connects across disciplines, with 2023 conference presentations at the American Folklore Society, National Art Education Association (NAEA),...
by Lisa Rathje | Oct 10, 2023 | News
Folklore and Education Related Presentations, Sessions, and Meetings at the 2023 AFS Conference, November 1-4, Portland, Oregon A list compiled by the American Folklore Society’s Folklore and Education Section. Wednesday, November 1 Rooted through Writing:...
by Lisa Rathje | Sep 26, 2023 | News, Teaching with Primary Sources
The American Folklife Center’s latest Botkin Lecture video features Paddy and Lisa. In “Teaching Culture, Teaching Culturally: The Significance of Folklife Education in the Schools” they present an overview of folklore in K-12 education in the U.S....
by Lisa Rathje | Sep 25, 2023 | News, Professional Development News
Culture, Community, and the Classroom workshop explores culturally responsive, engaged learning through local traditional arts. It introduces concepts of cultural identity and opportunities to practice ethnographic research skills such as interviewing, note taking,...
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