Talk at BAA by Dr.Gaztambide-Fernández

Talk at BAA by Dr.Gaztambide-Fernández, Monday, March 9th 8am-9:30am
Please join us on Monday, March 9th from 8:00am-9:30am in BAA's Assembly Hall, Dr. Rubén Gaztambide-Fernández, an educator making important strides in the field of arts in education, will be giving a talk to BAA Faculty and Staff entitled:

Artists, Schools and Democracy--Some Reflections on the Public Purpose of Arts High Schools

Dr. Gaztambide-Fernández is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. He teaches courses in curriculum theory, the arts in education, and popular culture. His articles have been published in education journals like the Harvard Educational Review, The Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies, and the Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy. Dr. Gaztambide-Fernández teaches a graduate seminar which surveys the field of the arts in education, with a focus on developing frameworks for studying a range of issues in various educational contexts. For Initial Teacher Education candidates Dr. Gaztambide-Fernández teaches a course on the arts in urban schools and a course on youth popular culture with a focus on media literacy.

Dr. Gaztambide-Fernández's previous research considered how students at an elite boarding school in the country identified as "elite" students, and the role of race, class, and gender in such processes of identification. The work for this research will be published by Harvard University Press. Currently, he is in the initial stages of two arts- related research projects, one of which focuses on the experiences of young artists attending urban arts high schools in Toronto.

In 2001, he published a chapter entitled "Boston Arts Academy: Collaborative spirit, huge challenge, respect for who everybody is and who everybody wants to be" in the book Passion and Industry: Schools That Focus on the Arts, edited by BAA Council of Advocates member Jessica Hoffmann Davis, who will introduce him on Monday. We are thrilled to have him back at BAA for the first time in seven years!

Please RSVP to Liz Hayes at: lhayes@bostonartsacademy.org by Friday, March 6th.