Wednesday, March 31, 2010
A quote I like..
On page 15-- "Drawing is not very difficult... Seeing is the problem." I think this is so interesting. This is true in the visual channel as well as others. We put things in our preconceived "box" and have trouble finding creative solutions that are "outside the box." Often this leads to a defeatist attitude on the part of students and adults... "It can't be done. It won't work. It is impossible." We all need to more in touch with our creative self and we need to show children how valuable it is and reward alternative ways of seeing instead of just "the right answer."
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I have to agree....I confess, I am a R-brained thinker & I'm easily convinced of the arguments made in this literature :)
ReplyDeleteI think that there are "seasons" for most things...including industry & how business is done; even in my part time employmnent (outside of education), this is evident....creativity, uniqueness & customization is very important to people. People do not just want a product (or a job)....they want an experience--an emotional connection that makes it meaningful to them.
I agree with your statement that "people want an experience--an emotional connection that makes it meaningful to them". I see that across the board--in work, leisure, and spiritual activities. What's important for us to remember as educators is that all of our students are looking for the exact same thing--an experience, an emotional connection that makes the learning meaningful to them!
ReplyDeleteIn response to Nina's comment about the art quote on page 15... I completely agree. For a long time, I put the teaching of poetry in a preconceived box that said it was too hard and abstract and scary and the list goes on. I am not a fan of poetry and I found it very difficult in college. So, I just avoided it in my classroom as much as I could. Now, how hard can it really be to teach poetry to 4th graders? I decided to tackle my fear a few years back and I was amazed. The children took off... they barely needed me because they loved poetry so much. I really learned a lot about what we have to do as educators. We have to be whatever we must to reach our students. We have to tell them math is fun. History is exciting. Reading will take us to places we have never been. We must never let on that we have any preconceived ideas about anything.
ReplyDeleteTo Nina's coment: We as educators do not usually stress the imoprtance of thinking outside the box. Pink has done a very thourough examination of the importance of said thinking. I look forward to reading the Portfolio sections of his book to discover ways to become a more outside the box thinker myself, so that I can then pass those stratagies on to my high school students.
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