Reflections on GSEL project (The Little Arts Academy Open House 20-23 Nov 2008 )
1. Through the project, I learnt to accept different opinions and ideas of others. Constructive criticisms make us aware of our individual differences and of peer reactions. I want to bring this experience to my students and get them to know their own individuality and not be fearful of their expressing their personal opinions.
2. Serendipity learning is an unintentional outcome of exploratory learning of efforts. We tend to seek order and meaning in our lives, and the acknowledgment of our inability to predict and control events of some importance may be highly unsettling (Bandura, 1998). As can be seen in the project, students have a rewarding experience if they explore with curiosity and without inhibition.
3. Play is designed primarily for enjoyment; it has a dose of fantasy and is internally motivated. As can be seen in the gsel project, the arts, used as a “play” allows the students to imagine, try out different roles, tests their own behaviours without the fear of reprisal. Through the arts, the students can investigate the sensory qualities of the environment; understand their own emotions, feelings and their own social setting and the world they live in. I understand that though the arts seen as “play” is considered not important as it seems to achieve nothing, the gains made during the process of art are of enormous importance.
Felicity Lim Sy Hing
Monday, January 5, 2009
Reflections
Helping out with this GESL project has really enlightened me alot on the learning process of education.
During these two days, i have a chance to meet kids from diverse backgrounds. Some are very well behaved kids while there are the usual mischievous ones.
In a particular media recording class, I had to step in to help the trainer with a particular child that seemed rather adamant towards following the class syllabus and being insistent on doing things his way. Later on, a young girl stepped into the class late so I took the both of them.
To my surprise, this young little primary 4 girl exhibited a level of matureness that I have not witness in most of my upper secondary students. She treated the lesson very seriously, gave a very good media recording performance, and yet at the same time understood that the boy needs a little more attention.
This incident left me to think about what kind of an education and upbringing that the little girl has been thru for her to grow and mature at such a young age. And should I ever find out the answer, I will definitely want to instil it into my class lessons in the future.
Another thing I have learnt from this project was that young kids tend to love art subjects more than academic subjects regardless of their backgrounds. Be it whether they are shy or outspoken, well behaved of mischievous, when it came to the badge making, they were all very excited at the prospect of colouring their badges and bringing it home. So much so that I had to purchase more badges as they ran out on Sat.
As educators, we can definitely explore this avenue of designing lesson plans for the students.
Cheers,
Low Kiah Yong
During these two days, i have a chance to meet kids from diverse backgrounds. Some are very well behaved kids while there are the usual mischievous ones.
In a particular media recording class, I had to step in to help the trainer with a particular child that seemed rather adamant towards following the class syllabus and being insistent on doing things his way. Later on, a young girl stepped into the class late so I took the both of them.
To my surprise, this young little primary 4 girl exhibited a level of matureness that I have not witness in most of my upper secondary students. She treated the lesson very seriously, gave a very good media recording performance, and yet at the same time understood that the boy needs a little more attention.
This incident left me to think about what kind of an education and upbringing that the little girl has been thru for her to grow and mature at such a young age. And should I ever find out the answer, I will definitely want to instil it into my class lessons in the future.
Another thing I have learnt from this project was that young kids tend to love art subjects more than academic subjects regardless of their backgrounds. Be it whether they are shy or outspoken, well behaved of mischievous, when it came to the badge making, they were all very excited at the prospect of colouring their badges and bringing it home. So much so that I had to purchase more badges as they ran out on Sat.
As educators, we can definitely explore this avenue of designing lesson plans for the students.
Cheers,
Low Kiah Yong
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