The shaping paper says- “ the Arts can be learned and can be used as a tool by which to learn about something else” ... So True, that it is an understatement ... I think Art forms are effective teaching strategies because the Arts ENGAGE students in learning
A teacher responded to Dr Angela Thomases blog http://angelaathomas.com/2009/04/28/drama-english-and-shaun-tans-the-arrival/
May 3, 2009 at 8:17 am Interesting point about roleplay being effecting for children’s explorations of given texts. My class is doing myths and legends at the moment in literacy. My trainee teacher did a role play activity with one of the myths and a small group discussion task with another myth. The students by far were more able to recall features of the first myth as opposed to the second. Just talking about the text was not enough clearly!
.... both Doctor and teacher attest to the the effectiveness of role-play as a teaching strategy. Angela going so far as saying it is the most effective strategy ever developed!
I'm a dilettante but I did have a go at a whole group drama with a year six class on my last prac using drama techniques from Needleman text edited by Tony Goode. ... I will attach the lesson plan... I was anxious, the success of my lessons and my behaviour management all hinged on student engagement, which was flailing in the other key learning areas...Drama and role play saved the day!
...Like Lina talks about, Art presents an opportunity to develop all students intercultural understandings. eg.This could be approached through a unit covering Chinese or indigenous art forms with links to SOSE and History, Literacy.
Catering to the diverse needs and abilities in a classroom is a challenge...the art forms present an opportunity for ESL/EAL students to present their readings and interpretations of a chosen pretext, like a picture book, PERFORMATIVE without the limits or constraints of language and words...In fact Arts can be a platform to elevate a sense of pride and achievement in your culture...like the Yeperenye Festival in Alice Springs... the Centralian Advocate of Sept 11th 2001 - 'The Yeperenye Festival was a breathtaking display of music, dance and culture. More than 1200 children carrying lanterns danced and giggled among six golden 12 metre tall caterpillars around 5 separate circular stages, representing traditional song lines.' (http://www.geomantica.com/geom13.htm#1
More from the shaping paper ...“Cultural diversity and indigenous cultural heritage are integral to all art forms”
The shaping paper outlines
"The Art forms:" Students will experience and study the following five art forms to develop their arts practice and aesthetic knowledge in all five: · Dance · Drama · Media Arts · Music · Visual Arts.
My reading is that Pre-texts are like the seeds from 'writers notebook'. They could be an excerpt from the giant who threw tantrums (such as our face to face group did in Launceston), a picture book, an artefact, a letter, a single word...like HEAVY (see exhibit http://blog.timesunion.com/localarts/samson-contompasis-heavy-opens-at-st-josephs-church/6272/ )
... can be multifariously represented in a chosen art form by students, according to their personal choice or individual learning style (kinaesthetic, visual, auditory) or just opportunity to express and innovate with styles like Ken Robinson says on the TEDs website...
My reading is that Pre-texts are like the seeds from 'writers notebook'. They could be an excerpt from the giant who threw tantrums (such as our face to face group did in Launceston), a picture book, an artefact, a letter, a single word...like HEAVY (see exhibit http://blog.timesunion.com/localarts/samson-contompasis-heavy-opens-at-st-josephs-church/6272/ )
... can be multifariously represented in a chosen art form by students, according to their personal choice or individual learning style (kinaesthetic, visual, auditory) or just opportunity to express and innovate with styles like Ken Robinson says on the TEDs website...
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...I love this website , this idea, this dedication to innovation...i recall a report on ABC national a few months ago where it was said that 80% of the jobs that will exist in 20 years time are yet to be invented, this website makes me believe that even more. Another thing they talked about on radio national was the need for kids to be learning computer programming skills...which links to digital literacies and Inanimate Alice...
could you share some of your experience with that BRI?!
One Day you will TEDs ... me, Bri, or Lina!
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