Education in the Arts - O / Spring 2024

   I Unit: Art Theme: Drawing   Introduction Drawing happens when one makes a picture or diagram with a pencil, pen, or crayon rather than paint. For instance, "a series of charcoal drawings on white paper" are considered drawing. Modes of drawings can be broken down into three different types: realistic, symbolic, and expressive . II Learning Objectives   Understand why children face difficulties when drawing Explain Edward's theory about left brain-right brain Gain an awareness of the complexity of the brain  Experience the importance of drawing for children III WARM UP Mindfulness   IV Creative Storming   1    https://youtu.be/w46bWxS9IjY Question 1 What do you think is the message in this video? Why don't we say, I ..... with all my brain?   Creative Storming Students simulate the creation of a shaped object and pass it to the next student. Each student changes the object using hand gestures.   Question 1 Write a reflection ...

    I  Unit: Student Learning   Theme: Collage   Introduction    To plan pedagogy effectively, teachers need to have a theory of how people learn.  They need to examine all factors relevant to learning.  Today, we will see how this works when organizing material for a collage based on the concept of the ethnosphere explained by Wade Davis. We will also get familiar with the work of Jacob Intilé in order to produce a collage that illustrates the interconnections of culture and nature. II   Learning Objectives   Understand the connection between the ethnosphere and a collage.  Explain how a collage can enhance children's creativity Gather an awareness of the role of the teacher in finding solutions to the buzzword mace of pedagogic fads. Experience what it would be like to collaborate with the group to create a collage.     III   Main Lesson   1 Educational Article   Teaching and Learning: Lost in a ...

         I   Unit: Critical and Aesthetic Theme: Expressing Opinion About Art Using VTS   Introduction  VTS (Visual Thinking Strategies) can aid the teacher of Dance to bring the field to the realm of critical thinking. Articulating ideas about Dance (whether in oral, written, visual and/or pictorial form) helps students to see Dance as more than just entertainment.  II Learning Objectives Understand the concept of VTS Explain how VTS can be adapted to Dance Studies Gather awareness of the importance of developing critical opinion about dance aesthetics Experience a session where VTS is applied to Dance   III   Main Lesson   Visual Thinking Strategies: Terra Foundation Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) is a learner-centered instructional method used to examine and find meaning in visual art. Using a painting from the Terra Foundation collection, Samuel F. B. Morse’s iconic Gallery of the Louvre (1831–33), Yenawine fa...

 I Unit: Arts Education Theme: Compulsory Education   Introduction Today we will discuss compulsory education, which refers to a period of education that is required of all people and is imposed by the government. This education may take place at a registered school or at other places. Compulsory school attendance or compulsory schooling means that parents are obliged to send their children to a certain school. All children who have attained the age of 6 years or who will have attained the age of 6 years by February 1 of any school year or who are older than 6 years of age but who have not attained the age of 16 years, except as otherwise provided, are required to attend school regularly during the entire school term.   Art education is, on the other hand, the set of instructions on how to use the language of art. People understand the world and assign a meaning to it using art. It is not required nor forced on people as part of the frame created by compulsor...