Jen Pittaway, Leigh Ann and I have been collaborating again on our HOW WE EXPRESS OURSELVES Unit of Inquiry for this school year. Last year we learned a bunch and came up with a creative process to support students composing Music. Click HERE to read more. This year we aimed to create a more Transdisciplinary Unit with a Creative Process for Arts including Drama, Music, Dance and Visual Art. We felt that students needed the freedom and opportunities to create, yet, they also needed some support or structure to help them along the way. We wanted something simple but effective for Primary age children. |  |
Reflection
Waves of reflection throughout the process, in an Arts Journal through drawing, writing, pasting etc, provide the opportunity for students to capture ideas and develop them. Students learn about how they are being creative eventually informing themselves of their own creative process. Reflecting on feedback from others during the three phases, formally or informally, will help students improve their ideas, expression and understanding of their own creativity.
Inspiration and Exploration
The child remains at the center and any inspiration (internal or external) he or she must feel strongly connected to. Exploration is free and open without structure and goes hand-in-hand with finding inspiration and being inspired. Towards the end of this phase, students capture their inspiration in their Arts Journal and catapult themselves to consider the Audience. Once they have done this the come back to continue into the next phase.
Audience
Student's consider what they want their Audience to feel. They describe what connections they intend to make with their audience and what connections they want the audience to make with them. Students need to understand the ideas they will convey to their audience. They need to think of the messages they want their audience to leave with.
Expression
Which of the Arts or combination will best express their ideas, feelings, experiences, messages or make connections? Which elements of Arts will help them achieve this?
Record
Students make their expression permanent by writing their script, making their art, filming their dance, notating their music and so on.
Audience
Students perform and share. They reflect on the influence they have made on others through expressing themselves creatively.
Waves of reflection throughout the process, in an Arts Journal through drawing, writing, pasting etc, provide the opportunity for students to capture ideas and develop them. Students learn about how they are being creative eventually informing themselves of their own creative process. Reflecting on feedback from others during the three phases, formally or informally, will help students improve their ideas, expression and understanding of their own creativity.
Inspiration and Exploration
The child remains at the center and any inspiration (internal or external) he or she must feel strongly connected to. Exploration is free and open without structure and goes hand-in-hand with finding inspiration and being inspired. Towards the end of this phase, students capture their inspiration in their Arts Journal and catapult themselves to consider the Audience. Once they have done this the come back to continue into the next phase.
Audience
Student's consider what they want their Audience to feel. They describe what connections they intend to make with their audience and what connections they want the audience to make with them. Students need to understand the ideas they will convey to their audience. They need to think of the messages they want their audience to leave with.
Expression
Which of the Arts or combination will best express their ideas, feelings, experiences, messages or make connections? Which elements of Arts will help them achieve this?
Record
Students make their expression permanent by writing their script, making their art, filming their dance, notating their music and so on.
Audience
Students perform and share. They reflect on the influence they have made on others through expressing themselves creatively.
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