Workshop Description:
Each child engages with the world in a unique way – through the senses, through direct experience, and through communication with others. This holistic approach to learning is natural but not often normal in our modern world. The arts provide holistic experiences of engagement and expression that have deep implications for a child’s early development as a confident learner, problem solver, and healthy, happy human being.
In this workshop you will experience a number of artistic activities to demonstrate the theory[i] that is the basis of an integrated arts approach. Reflection on our learning will be a key element to help you strategize how an arts integration approach can be used in your context.
[i] The theory that supports this approach comes from Elliot Eisner’s work and a synopsis will be made available at the workshop(“Ten Lessons the Arts Teach”.)
Facilitator Bio: Victoria 'Moon' Joyce (NB)
Moon is a multi-disciplinary artist, musician and educator with over 30 years’ experience using integrated arts as an outdoor educator and as a pre-service teacher education trainer at four Canadian universities. She uses a hands-on approach to teaching and learning as an experiential educator. Her work is (un)equal parts educator, artist and musician and she finds that each discipline informs and inspires the other in a mutually beneficial way.
Moon is also involved in various community arts and music projects in New Brunswick and is currently developing a training program in Atlantic Canada for staff to lead land-based learning programs in a number of First Nations community schools at the early childhood level, and in off-reserve Aboriginal Head Start centres throughout Atlantic Canada.
May 4, 2018
1:00 PM
Slemon Park Conference Centre | Summerside, PEI