You are to write a reflective piece of writing that draws upon your personal experiences and beliefs towards Arts education.
Writing in the first person, discuss with reference to some of the activities that you have undertaken during the course of the unit, as well as your own experiences in education as a student and a pre-service teacher.
In your reflection, you may wish to consider some of the following points:
• All teachers have a role in supporting the rights of children to a quality Arts education.
• Making and responding in the Arts.
• The importance of reflection, constructive feedback, and reflective learning in the creative process.
• The value of making ‘mistakes’.
• The role of the teacher as an advocate for the Arts in an increasingly prescriptive education system.
• How knowledge and sensitivity to other cultures can be used productively in order to make a successful creative environment.
• Creating learning environments supportive of creativity.
• What would an education look like without the Arts?
• How do past experiences in the Arts impact on your prospective teaching of the Arts?
• Which readings, learning materials and activities challenged your ideas?
• What strategies might you need to adopt in order to overcome any trepidation that you have in teaching these learning areas in the classroom?
What strategies might you need to adopt in order to overcome any trepidation that you have in teaching these learning areas in the classroom?
