Education in Arts / Online / SPRING 2021

Part I   WARM UP   Activity 1 Class begins with music and warm up. Students are invited to get on their feet, get away from their desks and follow the professor's muscle groups - isolation warm up.  In previous classes, we added conscious breathing at the end of the warm up,  self-affirmations,  meditation , mindfulness and relaxation techniques.   Question 1   How would you implement the warm up done in class so far in your future lessons?  Post your answer on Discussion Board. ---------------------- Part II    INTRO TO SOUND ART   Sound art  is an artistic discipline in which  sound  is utilized as a primary medium. Like many genres of contemporary  art ,  sound art  may be interdisciplinary in nature, or be used in hybrid forms.   Small Sounds on a Table Top (2009)   Sound Consumption (1996, 2004) — from Music on a Budget by Gustavo Matamoros   En Residencia: Gustavo Matamoros (...

Part I   WARM UP   Activity 1 Class begins with music and warm up. Students are invited to get on their feet, get away from their desks and follow the professor's muscle groups - isolation warm up.  In previous classes, we added conscious breathing at the end of the warm up,  self-affirmations,  meditation , mindfulness and relaxation techniques.   Question 1   As we continue doing the warm up at the beginning of the class, how has the warm up affected your promptness to start class so early in the morning?  Post your answer on Discussion Board. ---------------------- Part II    INTRO TO DRAWING      It is important that students have a theoretic foundation when creating their own teaching methodology. Below see the major theoretic paradigms used in education now-a days. Article: Drawing on an Outdated Theory?  by Jess Dorn It is sometimes said that our brain consists of a left hemisphere that excels in in...

   Part I   WARM UP   Activity 1 Class begins with music and warm up. Students are invited to get on their feet, get away from their desks and follow the professor's muscle groups - isolation warm up.  In previous classes, we added conscious breathing at the end of the warm up,  self-affirmations,  meditation and mindfulness . Today, we are adding some guided relaxation techniques.   Question 1   Did you like it? Why? Post your answer on Discussion Board. ---------------------- Part II    INTRO TO THEORETIC FOUNDATIONS      It is important that students have a theoretic foundation when creating their own teaching methodology. Below see the major theoretic paradigms used in education now-a days.  Hierarchy of Needs - Maslow   Multiple Intelligences - Gardner   Theory of Cognitive Development - Piaget   Zone of Proximal Development _ Vygotsky   Progressive Education (Learning By Doing) - D...

    Learning through the Arts Multiple Intelligences   Howard Gardner on Multiple Intelligences Gardner's Multiple Intelligences     http://www.tecweb.org/styles/gardner.html Peter Jordan on Multiple Intelligences Debunking the Theory of Multiple Intelligences ------------------------------ Competency Based Curriculum - Miami Dade County Public Schools http://www2.dadeschools.net/students/cbc/index.asp STUDENT'S WORK Lesson Plans - Cam Marchel Grade 2: Studio Skills Component: 7. Constructs by cutting, folding, and inserting with or without glue Competency: The Student can demonstrate good craftsmanship through their production of works of art.  If I was in the classroom of a second grade class  I would propose an exercise like this by instructing students to bring in 4 of their favorite Magazines and Newspaper articles. This would first teach them the concept of responsibility. Then once they have a...

   Part I   WARM UP   Activity 1 Class begins with music and warm up. Students are invited to get on their feet, get away from their desks and follow the professor's muscle groups - isolation warm up.  In previous classes, we added conscious breathing at the end of the warm up,  self-affirmations,  meditation and mindfulness .   Question 1 The warm up takes merely 10 minutes to be completed. Do you think it is worth doing it? Why? Post your answer on Discussion Board. ---------------------- Part II    INTRO TO THE ETHNOSPHERE The class will be introduced to National Geographic's Explorer Wade Davis who teaches about what calls the ethnosphere, a word he uses to describe  the imaginative contributions of humanity to the planet. He makes emphasis on people's stories. They are global resources, just like air, water, and green life.  Just like the biosphere, the ethnosphere is also  threatened by rampant modernizati...

   Part I   WARM UP   Activity Class begins with music and warm up. Students are invited to get on their feet, get away from their desks and follow the professor's muscle groups - isolation warm up.  In previous classes, we added conscious breathing at the end of the warm up,  self-affirmations and meditation . Today, we are adding mindfulness , a a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations.   Question 1 How did you feel after the warm up today? Post your answer on Discussion Board. ---------------------- Part II    INTRO TO LEARNING THEORIES  Today we will introduce the different learning theories used in most educational systems around the world. Please, watch the video below and move the discussion forward by answering to  the following questions: A brief introduction to Learning Theories Ques...