Education in Arts / Online / SPRING 2021

   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 .   Question 1 Is this warm up useful? Post your answer on Discussion Board. ---------------------- Part II    BOOK REVIEW  Today we will introduce Jon Taylor Gato's work on education. Please, watch the video below and move the discussion forward by answering to  the following questions: Book Review: Dumbing Us Down Question 2 What do you think about Gato's ideas as expressed   in this review?   ------------------ Part III Educational Article   Teaching and Learning: Lost in a Buzzword Wasteland Question 2 Reflect on this article. Do you agree or disagree? Why?  -----------------   Part I...

   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 and self-affirmations . Today we are adding a few seconds of meditation .   Question 1 Write a response about your experience with meditation after the warm up. Post your reflection on Discussion Board. ---------------------- Part II  Today we will study conceptual art. You will be introduced to the work of Cuban-American artist Ana Mendieta. Please, see the information below and move the discussion forward by answering to  the following questions: CONCEPTUAL ART Definition Conceptual art, sometimes simply called conceptualism, is art in which the concept or idea involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic, technical, and material concerns. In ot...

 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.  Last class, we added conscious breathing at the end of the warm up. Today, we are adding self-affirmations .   Question 1 Write a response about your experience with self-affirmations after the warm up. Post your reflection on Discussion Board.  ------------------------- Part II   Evidence Based Research Please, go to the link below and read the document published by the National Science Foundation in 2008. The Report Tyler, Christopher W.   Final Workshop Report: Art Creativity and Learning. National Science foundation, 2008.                                      ...

 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.  Today we add conscious breathing at the end of the warm up.   Question 1 Write a response about your experience with conscious breathing after the warm up. Post your reflection on Discussion Board.  ------------------------------------ Part II    EDUCATIONAL VIDEO Are Schools Killing Creativity? with Sir Kenneth Robinson After watching the video above, answer the following questions:   Question 2 What is Robinson's definition of intelligence?   Question 3 Why does Robinson think schools are killing creativity? Question 4 What would you, as a new teacher, do to enhance creativity in your classroom? ---------------------------- Part III Installation Art Installation art is a term generally used to describe artwork located in three-dimensional in...

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.   Question 1 Write a response to this first activity and post it on Discussion Board. -------------------- Part II   INTRODUCTIONS Introductions are a very important aspect of teaching well. Knowing each other's names as classmates contributes to create a safe environment where students feel welcomed. As teachers, knowing your students names, contributes to develop your personal relationship with them as well as your control of the learning environment.   Question 2 Please, introduce yourself to the class by answering the following questions: What is your name? Where do you come from? What is your major? What do you expect from this class?  -------------------------------------------------------------  Part III THE SAFE CREATIVE CLASSROOM     The Safe Creat...