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More Than the Right Questions
A Workshop on Interviewing for Learning and Engagement Interviewing is a core methodology of folklore that in educational spaces teaches important details about cultural context, artistic expression as communication, and the ways stories can help us better understand...
2019 AFS Education Track–Plan your conference
The American Folklore Society Meeting will be held in Baltimore, Maryland October 16-19, 2019. The full program includes many events and panels that will be of interest for educators and folklorists doing public programming that interests with learning! Below is a...
Announcing Publication of the Art of the Interview
The Journal of Folklore and Education, Vol. 6 (2019) is now available at online and is freely accessible to all our readers. Chief among the tools of folklorists and other ethnographers, interviewing allows us to glimpse the ways that others live, create, and believe....
Sense of Place—and Loss: Artists and Scientists Facing Change
Local Learning has been collaborating with Louisiana partners to design and facilitate an ongoing series of workshops to help sustain the traditional cultures of coastal Louisiana. The tools of folklore in education provide access to information about culture, methods...
Registration Open for Rochester Workshops
Culture, Community, and the Classroom: Professional Development for Educators and Artists Free for Western New York Teachers and Regional Traditional Artists Location: Genesee Valley BOCES, Le Roy, NY Workshop Dates: June 27-28, 2019 This innovative workshop model...
Announcing Bonnie Sunstein as Guest Editor for The Art of the Interview
Bonnie Sunstein is professor of English and education at the University of Iowa, where she teaches essay writing, ethnographic methods, writing theory, and folklore. She has been Director of the Nonfiction Writing Program, Program Chair in English Education,...
2019 National Endowment for the Humanities Teacher Institutes Selected Roster
NEH offers tuition-free opportunities for K-12 educators and higher education faculty to study a variety of humanities topics. Stipends help cover expenses for these one- to four-week programs. Here is a selected roster of institutes, seminars, and Landmarks of...
Common Ground published by JFE
Local Learning announces publication of Volume 5 of the Journal of Folklore and Education, a special issue working at the confluence of culture, environment, and education. From Indigenous ways of knowing to cultural stewardship, art environments to children’s...
Register Now for Buffalo Professional Development
Please join Local Learning and a very special group of faculty and mentors in Buffalo for artist and educator professional development. The training will happen August 21-22 at Erie 1 BOCES. Attending teachers can receive CTLE credits. Educators will learn that folk...
Local Learning Welcomes Intern Eleanor Miller
Local Learning Has a New Intern! My name is Eleanor Miller, and I am excited to be interning for Local Learning this summer! Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, I am currently pursuing my MA in Folk Studies at Western Kentucky University (WKU). With a track in...
Lisa Rathje blogs for Arts Education Partnership
Supporting Student Agency, Engagement and Success Through Inclusive Folk Arts Pedagogy As a folklorist, I know that narratives based in racism, sexism and other ideologies of power and control act insidiously (and often invisibly) in our schools and communities to...
2018 Teacher Institutes List
Teacher Training in Folk Arts, Folklife, and Oral History SUMMER 2018 Local Learning: The National Network for Folk Arts in Education, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, advocates for inclusion of folk and traditional arts and culture in the nation’s...
Pathways to Student Engagement
Our first e-bulletin for 2018 reminds us that formative experiences in our youth can prepare us for a lifetime learning. Also, read about upcoming Local Learning workshops, important deadlines for the American Folklore Society and Journal of Folklore and Education,...
AFS Folklore and Education Updates
American Folklore Society (AFS) Folklore and Education Section conveners Jan Rosenberg and Rebecca Smith have asked for our help to get out the word: As the section prepares for our section meeting in October, we invite our members to complete a short survey on the...
Where are the learning links in your community?
Announcing the publication of our 4th Quarter News Bulletin--with Local Learning updates, calls for submissions, and news about advocacy. From the introduction, "Linking through Folk Arts in Education:" As I reflect upon 2017 I feel compelled to remember why I am...