Imagination liberates individuals from reality; imagination opens doors for students to reinvent themselves and choose to use their modes of thinking in any way possible. Creative problem solving encourages students to think outside of the box and approach problems in a nontraditional manner by learning how to collaborate, communicate, and plan for a work place. Individuals that have strong critical thinking and imaginative skills are more likely to envision the answers to future dilemmas that will occur in our global society. Creativity is not confined; knowledge is limitless and reaches out to the broad spectrum of life. Art is essential to education and must be taken seriously.
Those who have inspired me:
1. “ The eager teachers do appear and reappear-teachers who provoke learners to pose their own questions, to teach themselves, to go at their own pace, to name their worlds.”
-Maxine Greene author of “Releasing the Imagination: Essays on Education, the Arts and Social Change”
The words of Maxine Greene touched the roots of the importance of education and why education is valued. It is crucial to understand the needs of students in order to engage learning and achieve success. I want to provide tools to help build confidence and motivate my students to explore new things. My goal is to guide my students to discover and follow their own light.
2. Abraham Harold Maslow. American Psychologist. He is noted for his conceptualization of a “Hierarchy of Human Needs" and is considered the father of humanistic psychology.
Maslow’s pyramid of “Hierarchy of Human Needs” shows personal growth among an individual. In regards to education, I reflect on Maslow’s pyramid to demonstrate that a student gains success when he feels loved and safe. Therefore, as an educator, the quality of attention among my students is the key to trigger their personal growth as future contributors in society.
3. “One cognitive function the arts perform is to help us learn to notice the world.”
-Elliot Eisner. “ The Studio Thinking Framework: Three Structures”
I learned the teachings and the process of creating art could be broken down into categories.
By evaluating my own creative process, I was able to choose some of Eisner’s aims for education and how it resonates with me. Eisner has deepened my thoughts about my work and inspired me to implement his concepts to my future teaching practice.
1. Stretch and Explore: Taking things out of context; trying to be more conceptual than literal.
2.Reflect: Referring to old ideas and past experiences. Also discussing my ideas with peers and transforming my original idea to a new idea.
3.Develop Craft: Continuing to practice techniques and skills by taking risks and exploring new mediums and materials.
4.Engage and Persist: Following through with a project, even if it has to be redesigned.
5.Envision: Sketching out the images from my head, then formulating a plan to make final product.
6. Express: Being conscious of the colors, shapes, and materials that I am applying to my work to evoke emotions, ideas, or symbolism.
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