The document discusses the importance of creativity and the arts in education. It provides evidence from research that engaging with the arts can enhance literacy by 24% and mathematical capabilities by 6%. It also notes that creative activities that have no right or wrong answers can help reduce students' fear of failure. The arts are seen as important for developing problem-solving skills, thinking outside the box, and imagining alternatives. Teachers play a key role in scaffolding students' development in the arts.

1. CREATIVITY AND THE ARTS IN EDUCATIONAlexandra Cochran: 41806531EDUC1704- slidecast

6. MY MAMA TOLD ME WHEN I WAS YOUNGWE'RE ALL BORN SUPERSTARS

7. Creativity is something you are born with

9. Creativity is....

10. STIMULUS TO ENRICH CREATIVITY IS FOUND IN...

11. THE ARTS

24. BREAKING NEWS

25. It has been found that a society that regards paid work as the 'real thing' and creative life (the arts) as a 'frill‘ is a society that is incomplete and unhealthy.(Boyd, 2000)

27. Over the past decade there has been an increasing amount of research and studies undertaken on creativity.(Runco, 2004)

28. It has been found that the most successful schools place a strong emphasis on creativity in teaching & learning(Fisher & Wiliams, 2004)

29. A curriculum rich in ARTS can enhance LITERACY by at least 24% and MATHAMATICAL CAPABILITY by at least 6%(O’Brien, 2011)

30. Engagement in the arts is more than "hands on minds off" and the community and schools must see that it actually requires:

31. Distinguishing between fact and fiction

32. Defining terms

33. Enquiring and reasoning

35. Striving to be consistent and avoid contradictions

36. becoming aware of complexity: seeing the 'grey' areas between black and white

37. Sir Ken Robinson live at the TED awards“Do schools kill creativity” talk(Robinson, 2007)

38. So we now know the latest from the experts, let’s put this together

40. Creative activity which doesn't rely on right or wrong dispels students fear of failure (Australian Council for the Arts, 2005)

41. NOT WANTED

46. UNIQUE SELFrather than"MORE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE" CHARACTERS(Shipley, 2002)

47. FUN FACT: Music increases brain growth (Pasek & Golinkoff, 2003)

48. Through a vartiety of music, drama, dance and visual arts students are encouraged to think outside the box and are able to engage in imaginative play. This increases the child's ability to think for themselves, without being told what they have to do.

49. It is vitally important that our future adults are equipped with creative strategies which are born from effective problem solving skills. The adults of the future will be our young children of today.

50. It has been found that children develop problem solving skills from exposure to a wide variety of materials and creative contexts (Curtis and Carter, 2003).

51. As has been reiterated above this then encourages a variety of approaches to construction, invention and problem solving.

52. Teachers Development Curriculum... and the arts

54. Helpful ways of expressing and exploring emotions in the everyday classroom activities

55. different styles of teaching intertwined with different sections of the curriculum

56. The Kodaly approach focuses on the voice as the main instrument (O'Brien, 2011)

57. Sol-fa steps can be used also on the boomwhacker resources

61. The education system flourishes with teachers that are encouraging and supportive. These are two key elements needed when teachers approach teaching the Arts. As the students are participating in many and varied arts experiences, an adult or more skilled peer scaffolds the child by assisting them with guidance on moving through to the next level of the child’s zone of proximal development. Zone of proximal development is when an adult or more skilled peer asks the right questions and appropriate explanations and resources which enables the child to move to the next level of development. This in turn develops the child’s confidence and they are able to immerse themselves with such experiences as they continue to develop.

62. A positive proactive approach to early childhood arts education is imperative as this means the child can develop specific skills and enhance all they have to be (Wright 2003)

63. Parents must be encouraging and supportive by attending the school musicals and performances displaying the child's achievements.

68. Being interesting is much more important than wining an argument or showing how clever you are. If you are interesting people will want to talk to you. (Edward De Bono)

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