I think this point that Lina has made encompasses our arts unit, and perhaps the whole idea around introducing the five arts into the curriculum. A really great article that maureen gave us "The arts and the inner lives of teachers" by Mary Clare Powell, talks about using arts throughout the curriculum but through an inspired teacher that has been awakened to a fearless and uninhibited use of the arts.
"The arts can feed the inner lives of teachers, and the whole education enterprise depends on the quality of those inner lives"......"Teachers draw from their inner resources (creative imagination, inspiration, and intuition). "Education is an art because it relies upon that combination of know-how and inspiration, of enthusiasm and dedication, of ability and restraint, which the artist has and which is awakened in the artist-teacher'.
Through doing this unit I really feel as though it has fed my inner life as a teacher.
"The arts can feed the inner lives of teachers, and the whole education enterprise depends on the quality of those inner lives"......"Teachers draw from their inner resources (creative imagination, inspiration, and intuition). "Education is an art because it relies upon that combination of know-how and inspiration, of enthusiasm and dedication, of ability and restraint, which the artist has and which is awakened in the artist-teacher'.
Through doing this unit I really feel as though it has fed my inner life as a teacher.
Thanks for sharing the reading resource Bri! I really agree with you that a teacher herself should be aware of the vaule of arts! As nowadays, arts are still devalued both by curriculum and the whole education system, the teacher is the key person who can really get students into arts. If a teacher is not sensitive to arts, they would never bring any forms of arts into their class. I think it would be great for a teacher to have future professional development on arts.
ReplyDeleteSeveral of us walked out of the last art tute saying just that. We really feel the need for ongoing PD sessions in art. I am predicting a need to continuously re-inspire so as to keep the arts alive and fresh in the general classroom.
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