Arts Every Day

Mariale M. Hardiman, EdD is a professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Education. She co-founded and directs the Neuro-Education Initiative, a cross-disciplinary program that brings to educators relevant research from the learning sciences through the Johns Hopkins Mind, Brain, and Teaching masters and doctoral courses and professional development programs. Hardiman’s research includes IES-funded randomized control trials investigating the effects of arts integration on long-term retention of academic content. She also investigates how knowledge of the learning sciences influences teaching practices and efficacy beliefs. Hardiman also served as Vice Dean and twice as Interim Dean of the JHU School of Education. A former school principal, Hardiman developed a teaching framework, the Brain-Targeted Teaching® Model that promotes arts integration and creative problem-solving. Hardiman presents her work nationally and internationally on topics related to the intersection of research in the learning sciences with effective teaching, including integration of the arts. Her work has been disseminated in journals, book chapters, webinars, and podcasts. Her 2019 research study on the effect of arts integration on memory for science content has been featured in various popular news outlets including the New York Times, Forbes, Psychology Today, Pacific Standard and Southern Living.