Alida Anderson
{{short description|American educator}}
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Alida Anderson is a professor at the School of Education at American University in Washington, DC,{{Cite web|url=https://www.american.edu/soe/faculty/aanderso.cfm|title=Faculty Profile: Alida Anderson|website=American University|language=en|access-date=2019-10-02}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2013/12/12/the-most-important-unplanned-lesson-for-teachers/|title=Guns, schools and the most important unplanned lesson for teachers|last=Strauss|first=Valerie|date=2013-12-13|newspaper=Washington Post|language=en|access-date=2019-12-26}} where she has been since 2009.{{Cite news |last=Rosenzweig-Ziff |first=Dan |date=2024-11-17 |title=Amid budget cuts, American University may restructure School of Education |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/11/17/american-university-school-of-education-restructuring/ |access-date=2024-11-18 |work=The Washington Post}}
Education
Anderson attended Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC (1987),{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/sidwellfriends/docs/225759_fall_2018_magazine|title=Sidwell Friends Fall 2018 Magazine|website=Issuu|date=15 November 2018 |language=en|access-date=2019-11-07}} and holds a BA, Art/Art History and Asian Studies, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, an MA, Learning Disabilities, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, and a PhD, Special Education, from the University of Maryland, College Park, MD.{{Cite web|url=http://terp.umd.edu/class-notes-4/|title=Class Notes|website=University of Maryland - TERP|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-10}}
Research
Anderson is a widely published academic researcher,{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alida_Anderson|title=Alida Anderson {{!}} PhD {{!}} American University Washington D.C., DC {{!}} AU {{!}} Department of Education, Teaching, and Health|website=ResearchGate|language=en|access-date=2019-10-02}} whose work focuses on multiple areas of research in special education and the arts,{{Cite web|url=https://informedinstructors.com/and-now-presenting-how-classroom-dramatic-arts-increases-el-students-use-of-academic-language-in-the-classroom/|title=Education Research, Teacher Resources, and Professional Development Guidance|date=2018-03-20|website=Informed Instructors|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-03}}{{Cite web|title=New Paper Published by Liora Valero and Alida Anderson, PhD|url=https://www.labschool.org/news/all-news/new-paper-published-liora-valero-and-alida-anderson-phd|access-date=2021-07-07|website=www.labschool.org|date=7 August 2020 |language=en}} as well as "cross-linguistic correlation of dyslexia."{{Cite web|url=http://www.labschool.org/page/List-Detail?pk=63637&fromId=193438|title=A 40-YEAR PARTNERSHIP for EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING|website=The Lab School of Washington|language=en|access-date=2019-10-03}}
She is the co-editor of The Journal of the Arts and Special Education,{{Cite web|url=http://community.cec.sped.org/darts/new-item6|title=JASE Journal - CEC Division of Visual and Performing Arts Education|website=community.cec.sped.org|language=en|access-date=2019-11-06}} a publication of the Division of the Visual and Performing Arts of the Council for Exceptional Children.
One of her 2019 co-authored publications, "International Report: Neuromyths and Evidence-Based Practices in Higher Education."{{Cite web|url=https://onlinelearningconsortium.org/read/international-report-neuromyths-and-evidence-based-practices-in-higher-education/|title=International Report: Neuromyths and Evidence-Based Practices in Higher Education|website=Online Learning Consortium|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-10}}{{Cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=sv&u=https://swe.psychology-ifk.com/debunking-neuromyths-28386&prev=search|title=Debunking Neuromyths: Eight Common Brain Myths Put Straight - What It Means to Do - 2019|last=Howard Jones|first=Paul|date=2019-10-01|website=British Neuroscience Association|access-date=2019-10-16}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbntimes.com/en/global-economy/neuromyths-about-the-brain-and-learning|title=Neuromyths about the Brain and Learning|last=Taylor|first=Timothy|date=2019-02-10|website=BBN Times}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.designworldonline.com/learning-about-learning-just-about-everything-you-thought-you-knew-about-education-is-wrong/|title=Learning about learning: Just about everything you thought you knew about education is wrong|last=Teschler|first=Lee|date=2019-11-06|website=Design World|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-06}} (has been characterized as "this study includes not only answers to important research questions, but practice-oriented information that is useful for pedagogy, course design, and leadership, as well as for further research on this topic.", and the earlier (2017) publication on the same general subject, "Dispelling the Myth: Training in Education or Neuroscience",{{Cite journal|date=2017|title=Dispelling the Myth: Training in Education or Neuroscience Decreases but Does Not Eliminate Beliefs in Neuromyths|url=https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/34375288|journal=Frontiers in Psychology|language=en-US|volume=8|doi=10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01314|via=Harvard Library Digital Access|doi-access=free|last1=MacDonald|first1=Kelly|last2=Germine|first2=Laura|last3=Anderson|first3=Alida|last4=Christodoulou|first4=Joanna|last5=McGrath|first5=Lauren M.|page=1314|pmid=28848461|pmc=5554523}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170810104929.htm|title=Belief in neuromyths is extremely common: A survey has shown that many educators, and even those with neuroscience training, believe in neuromyths -- common misconceptions about the brain and learning|website=ScienceDaily|language=en|access-date=2019-10-03}}{{Cite web|url=https://neurosciencenews.com/neuromyth-belief-7273/|title=Belief in Neuromyths is Extremely Common|last=Cochrane|first=Melissa|date=2017-08-10|website=Neuroscience News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-03}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.texasldcenter.org/education-research-matters/item/september-2017|title=Texas Center for Learning Disabilities: September 2017|website=Texas Center for Learning Disabilities|language=en|access-date=2019-10-09}}{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.uoregon.edu/neuroscienceintheclassroom/2018/02/08/believe-one-neuromyth-believe-them-all/|title=Believe one neuromyth, believe them all {{!}} Brain CORE Blog|last=Scalise|first=Kathleen|date=2018-02-08|website=University of Oregon Brain Core Blog|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-16}} described as "the implications of these new findings are very relevant to the way we teach in the classroom.",{{Cite web|url=http://dyslexiahelp.umich.edu/latest/dispelling-myth-training-education-or-neuroscience-decreases-does-not-eliminate-beliefs-neuro|title=Dispelling the Myth: Training in Education or Neuroscience Decreases but Does Not Eliminate Beliefs in Neuromyths|website=University of Michigan|language=en|access-date=2019-10-02}} and also noted that this research affirmed "that neuromyth beliefs are remarkably prevalent, but that training in education and neuroscience helped to reduce these false beliefs."Her earlier research study, "Dance/Movement Therapy’s Influence on Adolescents Mathematics, Social-Emotional and Dance Skills",{{Cite web|url=https://www.artsedsearch.org/study/dance-movement-therapys-influence-on-adolescents-mathematics-social-emotional-and-dance-skills/|title=Dance/Movement Therapy's Influence on Adolescents Mathematics, Social-Emotional and Dance Skills {{!}} ArtsEdSearch|website=Arts Ed Search|date=16 April 2019 |access-date=2019-10-03}} has been described as "integrating dance and movement therapy into math lessons for students with learning disabilities, emotional/behavioral disabilities and/or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), [which] led to improvements in math as well as SEL [Social-Emotional Learning] skills, such as motivation, engagement, attention and self-regulation",{{Cite web|url=https://www.educationdive.com/news/report-arts-a-vehicle-for-teaching-sel-skills/556479/|title=Report: Arts a vehicle for teaching SEL skills|website=Education Dive|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-03}} and concluded that "the findings were significant because students with those special needs often show anxiety toward learning math."
Anderson was also the lead author in a 2020 seminal article titled "A Review of Online Dyslexia Learning Modules", which focused on discrediting the "Dyslexia Myth" of "Backwards Reading."{{Cite journal|last1=Anderson|first1=Alida|last2=Sarlo|first2=Gabrielle L.|last3=Pearlstein|first3=Hannah|last4=McGrath|first4=Lauren M.|date=2020|title=A Review of Online Dyslexia Learning Modules|journal=Frontiers in Education|language=English|volume=5|doi=10.3389/feduc.2020.00118|issn=2504-284X|doi-access=free|pmid=38250177 }}
She is the editor of the book "Arts Integration and Special Education: An Inclusive Theory of Action for Student Engagement."{{Cite book|title=Arts Integration and Special Education|last=Anderson|first=Alida|publisher=Routledge|year=2014|isbn=978-0415744188}}{{Cite web|url=http://terp.umd.edu/class-notes-4/|title=Class Notes|date=2015-02-10|website=TERP - University of Maryland|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-03}} The book has been described as "the first book to posit explanations for how and why arts integration facilitates learning in students with language and sensory processing disorders and those at risk for failure due to low socioeconomic conditions."{{Cite web|url=https://news.colgate.edu/scene/2015/04/books-music-film-3.html|title=Books, Music, and Film - Spring 2015|date=2015-04-27|website=Colgate Scene - Colgate University|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-03}}
Anderson defines her interpretation of "arts integration" as “the use of an art form (drama, dance, visual arts, etc.) in combination with teaching of a content area (math, science, social studies, language arts, etc.), in which there are content learning objectives in the art form as well as in the content area.”{{Cite web|url=http://www.amlitmag.com/blog/amlit/2018/12/3vwpsplmaif2j6y|title=An Interview with Dr. Alida Anderson: How the Arts Empower Those with Disabilities|last=Griffith|first=Mercy|website=AMLIT|access-date=2019-10-09}}
In 2020 Anderson was credited as being one of the "thinkers" who, together with the Arts Education Partnership in Denver, Colorado, "began exploring intersections of arts education and literacies" that led to the eventual creation of an online resource{{Cite web |title=The Arts and Literacies |url=https://www.aep-arts.org/the-arts-and-literacies/ |access-date=2022-03-15 |website=Arts Education Partnership |language=en-US}} that "incorporates art and text to support different experiences and interactions as you explore the relationships between art, arts education and literacies."
“There are multiple ways to express an idea—many of which are not linguistic. By expressing an idea through visual, auditory, kinesthetic and/or tactile sensory information, a child has more ways to map that concept onto language forms”. Dr. Alida Anderson in Psychology Today{{Cite web |title=How and Why the Arts Support Language Learning and Cognition {{!}} Psychology Today |url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/arts-all-children/201709/how-and-why-the-arts-support-language-learning-and-cognition |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=www.psychologytoday.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Sonnenshein |first=Sarina |date=2023-10-23 |title=The Role of Art in Child Development |url=https://www.sdamustang.com/featured-stories/2023/10/23/the-role-of-art-in-child-development/ |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=The Mustang}}
References
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External links
- [https://vsainternational.wordpress.com/2017/03/03/november-2016-vsa-webinar-teaching-students-with-autism-what-teaching-theater-teaches-us/ “Teaching Students with Autism: What Teaching Theater Teaches Us”, 2016 Webinar at Kennedy Center]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCBbvpSrue4 "The Teacher and the Teaching Artist: Collaboration and Community Building in the Classroom"], 2018 Webinar at Kennedy Center
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