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The founding of the Arts in Education Program (AIE) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education provides an example of replicable reform that uncovers and builds on in-place resources and practices. In this chapter, the author tells the story of the inception and development of this one-year master’s program that supports individualized arts-related pathways through a mainstream curriculum. With an eye to replication, the author concludes by outlining a generalizable framework and guidelines for adaptation of this flourishing model.
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Davis, J.H. (2016). Persuasion and Structure: Reform as Recognition from Within. In: Hoffmann Davis, J. (eds) Discourse and Disjuncture between the Arts and Higher Education. The Arts in Higher Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55243-3_9
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