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Making Meaning Many Ways

Making Meaning Many Ways. Amanda Hood Lauren Johnson Angela Kellar. Quote. “When we limit ourselves to language, we cut ourselves off from other ways of knowing. ”  ( Berghoff page 34). Art as a Sign System/ Language. Using various signs or systems to express student’s ideas.

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Making Meaning Many Ways

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  1. MakingMeaningManyWays Amanda Hood Lauren Johnson Angela Kellar

  2. Quote • “When we limit ourselves to language, we cut ourselves off from other ways of knowing. ”  (Berghoff page 34)

  3. Art as a Sign System/Language • Using various signs or systems to express student’s ideas. • This allows students to focus on all aspects of the world, while not focusing on just language. • Art has the potential to enhance the making of meaning and enhance everyday communication.

  4. Art as a Socio-Cultural Event • Art can bring people together. • When a child works with adults or children more skilled then themselves, the child is able to go farther because they have support. • Art can act as this support for children who struggle otherwise.

  5. What Integration Looks/Sounds Like • http://www.edutopia.org/arts-opening-minds-integration-video • Opening Minds Through the Arts (OMA) is a student-achievement program that uses music, dance, and visual arts to teach skills used in reading, writing, math, science, and other subjects.

  6. Qualities of Art Integrations • Integrations allowed students to use their hands, bodies, and voices in meaningful ways.“What we typically ‘shush’ (voices) or ask to keep still (hands and bodies) become tools for learning.” • Making art allowed choices about how to interact with content. • Integrations were social events.

  7. Supportive Elements of Art Integrations • Arts Integrations allow for a variety of perspectives. “I learned it is fun to be in someone else’s shoes for a while.” • Arts Integrations created an atmosphere that was safe and allowed students to take risks. “You don’t have to make your drawing look real…it’s great as long as you like it.”

  8. Arts Integrations show that learning can be pleasurable. “The best thing about the arts is it is creative and fun and that’s what keeps me going and staying on track.” • The arts and regular curriculum from the classroom naturally compliment each other. “The arts can help people for other classes, such as math and science.”

  9. Activity • 4 different Grouped Stations!

  10. Sharing our Experiences • Each group will share their activity and talk about what they thought about it or learned from it!

  11. Discussion • How has NCLB discouraged or encouraged art education? Do you think this is right? • If you are working in a school that does not meet NCLB standards, how would this affect your incorporation of art in the classroom? • The article mentions that time is a constraint when implementing art in the classroom. What are other constraints? How do you plan on dealing with these?

  12. Discussion • Do you think that art can be effectively incorporated into any lesson? Why? • What goals do you have for incorporating art into other subject areas? What are you hoping your students will take away from it?

  13. Resources • http://www.schools.manatee.k12.fl.us/boehm/math_art_tech0405/ • http://www.mathactivities.net/2nd-grade.htm • http://www.projectview.org/IntegratonPlan/Discipline/SocialStudies.htm • http://thewalters.org/teachers/resources/lesson-plans/ • http://blogs.scholastic.com/arts/ • http://www.guidetoonlineschools.com/library/math-art • http://www.lessonplanspage.com/Art.htm

  14. “Meaningful change in education will only come about through close examination and thoughtful reflection of classroom practices that are dominated by written language. If public education is truly committed to having no child left behind, it would do well to consider bringing the arts along, too.”

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