Marni Binder, EdD

Dr. Marni Binder is an associate professor emeritus in the School of Early Childhood Studies (ECS) at Toronto Metropolitan University. Dr. Binder was also an educator in Regent Park, Toronto, for 23 years. As an artist, teacher and researcher, her work is rooted in a holistic philosophy and explores poetic inquiry, creativity, visual arts and children, arts-based education, spirituality and mindfulness. She has presented at international conferences such as the American Educational Research Association, the European Early Childhood Educational Research Association, as well as Holistic Education conferences, the Canadian Society for Studies in Education and the Canadian Society for Education through Art.

https://www.torontomu.ca/early-childhood-studies/about/people/faculty/marni-binder/

Courses

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  • Expressive Arts Zone

    The visual arts enable children to express their inner worlds and innate emotional wisdom through their imaginative landscapes and visual narratives.  In this course, we will explore children’s art in relation to identity, creativity, learning and ways of knowing and being.  Participants will not just have the opportunities to understand the significance of the arts in the lives of children, but also engage in artistic experiences in a variety of ways.  The lens of Holistic Education, experiential learning, self-reflection and community dialogue bring forth embodied learning, empowering us to ask the questions: whose art, whose lens and whose worldviews.