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Reflection 1:  Why the Arts? The Arts Curriculum

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Reflection 1:  Why the Arts? The Arts Curriculum

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Overall Reflection:
The beginning of the class was really daunting I imagine it is exactly how children feel coming to school on the very first day, not knowing anyone or the teacher and what to expect, our tutor did an exceptional job at blending everyone up and getting everyone engaged and involved in every activity and getting the students to converse and take interest in one another, it eased all the anxiety I had acquired towards the classes and influenced confidence and a sense of safety which in itself indicates she is and must have been an amazing teacher to the younger children.

The strategy she did on her own was a purposeful strategy for us as preservice teachers moving into the future to teach kids. I think perspective is always the biggest thing and to walk in on the very first day into a confronting subject was eased with good teaching is a perspective I hope my future students have. Any introduction should feel as welcoming and safe as the space the tutor led us into.

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The activities presented today were very different from anything I remember from primary school, not to say that they were not exhilarating activities, I think I'm starting to understand the importance of the arts in such a sense that the pure form of voice is important in teaching future students.

With such activities as these children learn many things including the very important 4 Cs; communication, creativity, critical thinking and collaboration furthermore students build proficiency across the curriculum and incorporate literacy and numeracy through these activities.

Students can also gain the ability to explore their emotions and connect with peers which gives them a sense of self and belonging, at a young age they are finding their way in the world and activities such as they are supporting the groundwork for children to build up their confidence and self-worth.

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In week 6 We began to dive into the element of dance, at this point the hands on learning has really paid off, the interactivity of this course is the most helpful part about it because every activity we do today I absolutely could not explain to someone if I wasn't shown first so learning all these and how to do them ourselves I feel will be beneficial in order to teach our students how to play them in the future.

As a cover dancer I really only know the such basics that i am taught and never really thought of anything outside of my own style but so many other things can be regarded as dance and dancing itself can incorporate so much of the other curriculum strands as I learnt from trying to make a dance from the numbers of our birthday and mix them together or use our body parts to spell out our names

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Media arts is growing and changing over the years it is used in order to get students to be creative and critical and think in order to represent their ideas or the ideas of others visually.

Exploring the ideas of media art through camera angles was interesting, especially watching the videos on camera angles and how different angles can express feelings, power, vulnerability and more, visual art allows people to create what is in the head in a new and exciting way whether it be making movies or short films it allows for representation and creativity.

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This course was so much fun, It was kind of hard to my place with everyone but I enjoyed the content so much and thought our tutor was amazing, I like how everything was delivered and all the activities we got to do, If I could start this all over again I think I would work twice as hard there are a few regrets of not speaking up enough and not engaging more but all in all I enjoyed the time i got to spend in this class and learned a lot about drama, dance and media arts, i definitely have much a lot more to learn and will never stop learning but this unit has made me a better future teacher and I will be using so many of these activities in my future classroom, and I hope my students love them as much as I did and I can create as comfortable and welcoming of a space as Kate did.