Authentic Learning as a Vehicle for Change | Mary Ruth McGinn | TEDxGreatMills

How producing an original children's opera in public schools can be used to transform education into authentic teaching and inspire creativity. As a teacher with 32 years of experience, Mary Ruth McGinn has sought innovative ways to meet the needs of her students. She has spent her entire career in schools where a majority of students speak English as a second language and where poverty significantly impacts the learning experiences and opportunities of students and their families. In 2001, she attended training sessions at The Metropolitan Opera Guild in NYC, lived the process of creating an original opera and used the process as a vehicle to teach curriculum and life skills in her classroom. In 2006, she was granted a Fulbright Scholarship to travel to Spain to develop and implement a similar program there. Mary Ruth returns to Madrid annually to train a new educators. In the summer of 2018, she joined forces with The Kennedy Center to offer the opera training for teachers in the Washington Metro area. She currently teaches third grade at Stedwick Elementary School in Montgomery Village, Maryland. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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