How could expressive arts sessions relate to the four purposes of the curriculum?

How could expressive arts sessions relate to the four purposes of the curriculum?

Hello education bloggers, it’s me again. Today I’m back to talk to you about How could expressive arts sessions relate to the four purposes of the curriculum?

So, what is expressive arts? expressive arts combine the visual arts, movement, drama, music, writing and other creative processes to allow deep personal growth and sometimes community development. Expressive arts are based on the imagination (Bergin learning, no date). There are a number of benefits that appear when expressive arts are used… for example personal growth, self-confidence and self-actualization (Bergin learning, no date). Practicing expressive arts gives children a chance to slow everything down and pay attention to their own body and the way it works.

Art and design is a foundation subject in the National Curriculum (Donaldson,2015). Many schools carry out the curriculum planning in art and design in three phases: long-term, medium-term and short term. long-term plan maps out the themes covered in each term during the key stage.

The four purposes of the curriculum are: -

·         Ambitious and capable learners - encouraging them to explore new and challenging areas of experience and to strive to improve their performance.

·         Ethical informed citizens - developing their creativity in a range of forms of expression; providing rich contexts and challenges within which they can work collaboratively, learning from critical appraisal of their work.

·         Enterprising creative contributors - enabling them to understand their own cultural identity and those of societies in other places and at other times, and to explore complex and difficult issues.

·         Healthy confident individuals- helping them to develop resilience and feel more confident as they gain enjoyment and personal satisfaction from creative expression; contributing directly to enriching the quality of their lives.

(Donaldson, 2015)

expressive arts provide inspiration and motivation as they bring children and young people into contact with the creative processes, performances and products of others create their own creativity and imagination. Some schools may provide different opportunities, such as visits to theatres and galleries and for bringing the specialist expertise of, for example, artists and musicians into the classroom. Achievement in the expressive arts also provides a basis for lifelong participation and can ultimately contribute to a thriving economy and cultural life for Wales.

Ambitious and capable learners

Ambition is something that everybody needs. As an ambitious learner you would need to ensure that you keep on to yourself about. You need to make sure that you are continuously pushing yourself to achieve the best that you can (Donaldson, 2015). Subjects like music and dance would require ambitious and capable learns as it insures that you need to be ensuring yourself that you are capable of doing so.

Healthy confident individuals

Today many individuals lack confidence, for whatever reason. Children should be in school thinking to themselves there’s no reason for them to feel under confident. I know from personal experience that I am not extremely confident and feel very under pressure when I get asked something, even though I know that most of time I over think what has been said. Expressive arts like dance and music helps the child to be more engaged with the lesson but it also depends of the individual and how confident they feel when they are showing others what they are capable of doing.

Ethical informed citizens

Ethical informed citizen should feel ready to be citizens of Wales and understand the cultural issues and history on Wales and how everything has developed as a country but also for them to be able to understand global issues that they could face in the future (Donaldson, 2015)

Wales should experience a curriculum to enable children to be ethical, informed citizens who:

•  engage with contemporary issues based upon their knowledge and values
•  understand and exercise their human and democratic responsibilities and rights
•   respect the needs and rights of others, as a member of a diverse society
•   understand and consider the impact of their actions when making choices and acting
• are knowledgeable about their culture, community, society and the world, now and in the past
• show their commitment to the sustainability of the planet; and
• are ready to be citizens of Wales and the world.

From my personal opinion I think that expressive arts will have a large impact on an individual’s live during their school years and when they leave and become independent.

I hope you have all enjoyed reading this blog post because I have enjoyed writing about it to ensure you learn new information on this specific topic.

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References

Bergin Learning Arts. (No Date). What is Expressive Arts? - Bergin Learning Arts. [online] Available at: https://berginlearningarts.com/what-is-expressive-arts/ [Accessed 2nd April 2018].

Conwyartsandmusic.org.uk. (2015). The Expressive Arts are proposed as one of six areas of ‘learning and experience’ in Professor Donaldson’s Review of the Education Curriculum in Wales.. [online] Available at: https://www.conwyartsandmusic.org.uk/en/updates/2015-03-03-the-expressive-arts-are-proposed-as-one-of-six-areas-of-learning-and-experience-in-professor-donaldsons-review-of-the-education-curriculum-in-wales [Accessed 2 April 2018].

Donaldson, G (2015) Successful Future: Independent Review of Curriculum and Assessment Arrangements in Wales Available at: http://gov.wales/docs/dcells/publications/150225-successful-futures-en.pdf (Accessed 2nd April 2018).

Glpw.globaldimension.org.uk. (2017). Global Learning and the Curriculum Review | GLP Wales. [online] Available at: http://glpw.globaldimension.org.uk/news/20101/global-learning-and-the-curriculum-review [Accessed 2 April 2018].