7. the arts and english teaching
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The Arts and Teaching Teaching to Young Learners
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“Today’s students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach.”
Prensky, M. (2003) p. 30
21st Century Learning
Positivist Paradigm
Paradigm shift in language education
Complex or Ecosystemic
Paradigm
Objectivity SubjectivityLinear dynamics
Non-linear dynamics
PPP TBLT as manager T as facilitator
21st Century Skills1. Play2. Performance3. Simulation4. Appropriation5. Multi-tasking6. Jugdgement7. Transmedia navigation8. Collective intelligence9. Networking10.Negotiation
Jenkins (2006)
We need a change!!
The Transformative Power of Music
“Poverty is not just a lack of a roof or bread, it is also a spiritual lack – a loneliness and lack of recognition. The vicious cycle of poverty can be broken when a child poor in material possessions acquires spiritual wealth through music.”
Abrue, Jose Antonio
A tour to the museum
Parts of the body
Amadeo Modigliani, Portrait of a young woman
George Bellows, Lady Jean
Andy Warhol, Portraits
What about drama?
“Dramatic playing is essential for children’s learning empathy and self-control. Children learn to empathize as they view the world from other people’s perspectives, including those of peers, adults and people in stories”
Searls, B (2011)
Starting from experienceAaron is sad…
Try to comfort Aaron and cheer him up
Roleplay
Group feedback
Rate from 1 – 5 where 5 is the highest
1.- How involved were you in the task?2.- How did you work as part of the team?3.- How well did you complete the task.
Personal feedback
Rate from 1 – 5 where 5 is the highest
1. My performance2. My English (fluency/accuracy, etc)3. My contribution to the team4. Complete these sentences
I needI feelNext time I will
Sarah is happy
Write a facebook message
Synonyms for happy
What do you do when you are happy?
Other performative activities
GamesStorydramaTPR + I’m going to…Readers’ theater /choral speakingSimulations, improvisationsTheater forms: musicals, mime, danceEtc, etc…
Ensuring success
•Warm up•Give clear / sufficient instructions•Allow for rehearsal time•Monitor•Give and receive feedback•Those who feel up to it “perform” for an audience•Blend in use of ICTs (anywhere)
What about the teacher?
“I can take an empty space and call it a bare stage. A man walks across this empty space whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all that is needed for an act of theater to be engaged”
Peter Brook (1968)
How does this concern us?
The moment we stand in front of a group of students or teachers they become the “spectators” and we become the “performers” (whether we like it or not!)
Take-away tricks
1. Get rid of the clutter
2. Pump yourself with energy with a “hand clasp” and no more “empty gestures”
3. Switch on your “magnetic field” with the tip of your tongue.
And...…shine like a star!
Have a happy “back to school”!!
