Rollo May1909 - 1994

• 1909, born the first of six children (Boeree, 2006).

• 1938, receives BD from Union Theological Seminary, where he befriends teacher and renowned theologian Paul Tillich, author of The Courage to Be

• 1949, receives Ph.D. from Columbia University

• 1950, first book published The Meaning of Anxiety

• 1956, edits Existence with Ernst Angel and Henri Ellenberger

• 1969, Love and Will first published

Freedom is the mother of anxiety.- May

Redefined certain existential terms: (Boeree, 2006).

• Destiny the sum of parts one finds one’s self surrounded by, and from which one is tasked with crafting one’s own existence

• Courage an awareness of one’s own anxieties and a willingness to overcome them

May’s Stages of Development: (May, 1969).

• Innocence pre self-conscious, pre-moral

• Rebellion a desire for freedom without an understanding of the responsibility that comes with it

• Ordinary normal adult ego

• Creative existential stage

References

Boeree, C. G. (2006). Rollo May. Retrieved from: http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/may.html

May, R. (1969). Love and Will. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company

May, R. (n.d.). The human dilemma with Rollo May, Ph.D./Interviewer: Dr. Jeffrey Mislove. Thinking Allowed, Conversations on the Leading Edge of Knowledge and Discovery, The Intuition Network.

Lois Hetlandbirth: unknown

death: TDB

(Project Zero, 2010)

• 1989 – 1996 research contributor on Teaching for Understanding

• 1997 – 2000 worked on the Reviewing Education and the Art Project for Harvard’s Project Zero

• currently Associate Professor of Art Education at Massachusetts College of

ArtResearch Associate at Harvard’s Project ZeroCo-Principal Investigator on the Qualities of Quality project

funded by the Wallace Foundation

One justification for keeping the arts has now become almost a mantra for parents, arts teachers, and even politicians: arts make you smarter… But that claim turns out to be unfounded.

(Hetland & Winner, 2007)

Eight major points of emphasis in Art Education

Students will learn to:1. Observe2. Envision3. Express4. Reflect5. Stretch and explore6. Engage and persist7. Develop craft8. Understand the art world

(Hetland & Winner, 2010)

References

Hetland, L. & Winner, E. (2007, September). Art for our sake: School art classes matter more than ever – but not for the reasons you think. The Boston Globe. Retrieved from: http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2007/09/02/art_for_our_sake/?page=full

Hetland, L. & Winner, E. (2008). Continuing the dialogue. Retrieved from: http://pzweb.harvard.edu/pis/BurchenalEtAl.pdf

Project Zero. (2010). Lois Hetland [Data file]. Retrieved from: http://pzweb.harvard.edu/pis/LH.htm