Morris Bowie photographs the teacher institute. Photograph by Arnold Aprill.

Through our work with Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE) and Reggio Emilia we've learned the importance of thorough documentation of the teaching and learning process. During the Habla 2009 teacher institute, "Cabinets of Wonder," we were lucky to have with us Arnold Aprill, the creative director of CAPE as well as Chicago photographer Morris Bowie. Habla director Kurt Wootton, Arnold, and Morris collaborated with the participants to document the institute through field notes, photography, and video. CAPE donated space on their website to host the curated institute documentation. See the full documentation here and join us next year for the 2010 Habla Teacher Institute "Into the Labyrinth."

Mr. Wootton’s IDEA talk, at the 2009 Habla Teacher Institute provides a vision for rethinking school reform by placing creativity and wonder at the center of learning.

To watch the video of this talk click here (recommended due to the interaction of the speaker and the images.)

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To listen to the audio only of this talk click here.

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On June 15th-19th, 2009 Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE) and Habla collaborated to design a new kind of professional development institute for teachers at the Walt Disney Magnet School in Chicago, Illinois. The staff for this week-long institute involved many of the artists and educators who work with Habla on a regular basis (and who will be involved in the Habla Teacher Institute "Cabinet of Wonders" July, 2009). These artists and educators included Arnold Aprill, Cynthia Weiss, Kurt Wootton, Morris Bowie, Robert Possehl, Sarah Roodhouse, and Catherine Mann.

CAPE and Habla documented the entire process with video, photography, and text.

Visit CAPE's website to view the process (and to learn about thorough ways to document teaching and learning).

In his talk “A Pedagogy of Infinity: Best Practices in Language, Literacy, and Arts Teaching across the Americas” given at the 2nd Annual International Education Summit, Mr. Wootton describes the characteristics of extraordinary arts, language, and literacy practices across international education settings. To hear the audio of this talk click here. To download the audio of this talk, right click and Save Link As here. To watch the video of this talk click here. To download the video of this talk, right click and Save Link As here.

Read the article published in the Teaching Artist Journal by Habla Director Kurt Wootton that outlines the foundational principles of Habla.

Download the article here:  constant-search.pdf