Week One Lecture
What I gained from this
lecture:
An understanding of the relevance of the arts
Being introduced to lecture one with an activity related
to ‘What good are the arts’ reiterated to me the purpose of the unit. It
allowed me to critically reflect on last semester’s subject material and
further, appropriate resources. By the end of the activity it was again clear
to me the importance of Creative Arts. I recalled on Sir Ken Robinson (2006) for
inspiration in this task. He challenged the education system in a way that
others haven’t, claiming that all children have tremendous talent, but the education
system squanders them (Robinson, 2006). "In classrooms all
over the world attention to the arts is not on the same level as attention paid
to literacy. Sir Ken Robinson (2010) believed that “Creativity now is as important in
education as literacy, and we should treat it as the same status” (Robinson, 2006). The Creative Arts allows children to
openly explore old and new concepts through developing, creating and
reflecting, which are that processes that provide students with the tool for higher order thinking
(video). This development of the mind is beneficial to all KLAs
The activity completed in this lecture was beneficial not
only to my learning,but can also be adapted into my future classroom. It
provides students with a basic structure using core elements of the arts, yet
is open to interpretation and can be manipulated according to prior knowledge
of various individuals working collaboratively.
The task involved taking a broad concept, such as; ‘What good are the
arts’ and using a single or a range of techniques within the arts (such as
songs, poems, sculptures, still images) to portray the concept in small groups.
Working in small groups is important as it lowers anxiety and allows many ideas
to be brainstormed and then developed. Once content has been decided, a performance
takes place. A result of this demonstrates a broad scope of prior knowledge on
the topic and different representations of this knowledge.
Reference List:
Robinson, K. (2006). Schools kill Creativity. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
The Arts Define US. (2010). Can you define the Arts?. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V46fIWZUZQg
Robinson, K. (2006). Schools kill Creativity. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html
The Arts Define US. (2010). Can you define the Arts?. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V46fIWZUZQg