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My final thoughts on the AED1260 unit is that it was most definitely challenging at some points when coming up with creative and original ideas for assignments. However, I enjoyed learning about all different kinds of arts, and how they effect our society. I also enjoyed learning about the history of some of the arts and who played major roles in making these art forms as big as the are today.

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One of the topics I dived deeper into was the Dance Module.

I thoroughly enjoyed learning all the details that go into dance, and all the aspects that need to be considered such as:

Body

Energy

Space

Time

I loved googling dance videos and viewing all the dancers express their emotions whilst telling a story through movement and music.

A few years ago I went through a phase where all I watched was dance videos, and to this day this duet dance with Charity and Andres on World of Dance is one of my favuorites.

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Throughout AED1260 we have had many opportunities to express our emotions, and find way to express how we feel.

When I first watched the YouTube video 'Emotion in Art' by Jill Poyerd Fine Art (link and video attached), I was brought in by how she defined art, and how it can stop you in your tracks with it beauty. As well as how art, no matter what form, can trigger emotional responses. Whether it be a dance, and the music calls to you, or a drama play that you connect with on a personal level, or simply how the colours of an art piece or the lighting of a video can set the entire mood for the artwork.

Whilst completing this unit I have found that I have become more expressive with my emotions, and use different methods to express them. For example, the music I listen to now expresses how I feel, pop for happy, slow and emotional for stressed or upset, and many more.

Poyerd, J. [Jill Poyerd Fine Art]. (2016). Emotion in Art [Video]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28sHuEJzYh4

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One of my favourite activities we did was creating a stop motion. I thoroughly enjoyed creating and thinking of all the possible ideas that could be turned from many photos into a short, and entertaining video.

Here is one I created.

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Research has shown that art can improve ones wellbeing by providing a healthy outlet for emotions to be expressed through. Human are social being, and need to create a sense of identity and meaning in order to feel as if they belong (Frankl, 2006). Most mental health problems (75%) will develop by the time one has reached age 25, and typically before the age of 14 too. Therefore, ensuring one has a healthy way to express themselves is vital to not only the mental health of a person, but also their overall wellbeing.

Personally learning and exploring the arts has helped me by showing and explaining the many types of art one can use to express their emotions and thoughts. I, myself, lean towards drawing or listening to music to help myself through emotions, however I now know that arts such as mime can also help convey certain thoughts and situations as it requires great detail to facial expressions and emotions itself to get a message across.

Image provided by the Padlet 'I Can't Draw' feature.

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an expressive drawing of someone showing how they are feeling

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There are many ways a teacher can implement art within a regular genre writing, or even a mathematics lesson. This can range from simple drawing a scene to correlate with something the students have written, or to the entire learning of a mathematics topic.

An example could be in mathematics when a teacher is focusing on grid reference, you can implement art by basing a lesson on creating your own island, or town. This ensure the students are creating art whilst linking it to the mathematics topic or grid references.

Studies have shown that involvement in art forms can positively impact students performance in mathematics and reading, as well as having significant positive effects in other learning areas (Dinham, 2023).

Whether art becomes an emotional outlet for students, or is just an easier way to interpret a topic, the arts is an important, and effective way to learn about and teach a variety of topics and content.

https://www.twinkl.com.au/teaching-wiki/grid-references

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There have been a fair few aspects of this unit that I have struggled with.

They include:

Preparing for a presentation

Recording myself

Creativity

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My first thoughts when I saw where we were learning about dance was my high school memories and not being too fond of dance.

I didn't think I'd enjoy the dance modules as much as I did, and I found that learning about all the elements that went into dance, and how you can make dance more fun during the process of producing a final performance or product.

One particular form of dance that stuck with me was 'Creative Dance'. Creative Dance is a term used to distinguish a dance education based off self-expression and growth through movements.

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My personal thoughts on Mime, and its relation to the art.

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In week 1 we focused on the arts in our society. To me this was quite interesting as I never noticed or realised how big of an impact art actually has on the world around us. I personally enjoyed the focus of why we teach art.

To me teaching art is not only about entertaining the students, or expressing their thoughts and ideas, it is about problem solving when something does not go as planned, it is about creativity in how, and what, can one use to produce a piece of artwork, it is about what kind of art does one want to use to express themselves.

When the term 'The Arts' was first mentioned I initially thought of 'visual arts', and why we teach it. However, as we progressed I became increasingly aware of the different kinds of arts such as drama, music, dance etc., and how they impacted society, as well as how they can assist one to express themselves, and understand what others are trying to convey.

Image: https://www.arthousestudios.com.au/after-school-art.html