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On a snowy day in March 2010, university administrators informed us that our art education classrooms and offices would be moved to another part of the campus. That news, in itself, was not bad. We liked our two classrooms for their sunny locations and shared storage space but had been having difficulty teaching 40-plus class sizes in rooms designed for populations of less than 35.
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Ashworth, E., Mantas, K. (2017). Art Matters. In: Cummings, J.B., Blatherwick, M.L. (eds) Creative Dimensions of Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century. Advances in Creativity and Giftedness. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-047-9_12
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