The artistic journey to discover my passion

Project (M.A., Education (Curriculum and Instruction)) -- California State University, Sacramento, 2010.This project is an Alternative Culminating Experience for a Master of Arts in Education: Curriculum and Instruction with an Emphasis in Arts in Education. This project follows Pathway 1: Artist as Educator developing knowledge and skills in a particular area of the arts, with a disposition toward applying the acquired expertise to arts education. This project is ???The Artistic Journey to Discover My Passion.??? The author looked at the question whether an older person could develop artistic skills, find her passion, and benefit after taking classes in the visual arts. The author researched the history of other visual artists who started their careers later in their lives and the advantages for older adults of learning art. Finally, the author looked at the \ud \ud \ud \ud \ud \ud benefits to her career as a teacher after she continued to take art classes and the effect it had on her students in her classroom.Education (Curriculum and Instruction