Relating theory and practice.ppt

RelatingtheoryandpracticeSomequestionsWhatdoes‘teachingart’mean?Whenconstructingacurriculumisoneartformas‘taster’enough?Whenformulatingapolicyontheartswhatjustificationdoweoffer?(UsefultoexamineHarland’steachers’responsesonthequestionofeffectiveness.)Whataretheimplicationsoftheoryforspecificsubjects?Howwelldothenationalcurriculumandpolicydocumentsstanduptoscrutiny?Whatshouldbeincludedinthecurriculum?Weshouldnotlookforasimpletheoreticalfoundation…..weshouldrecogniseareciprocal,dynamicrelationshipbetweentheoryandpractice…‘Generallyspeaking,theactivityofself-,whetheroftechniqueorform,immediatelyinducesinhibitions,,guide,inspirer,psychicmidwife.’(Read209)‘Readingisatransactionalprocessthatgoesonbetweenaparticularreaderandaparticulartextataparticulartime,’stextinordertouncoveranalreadydefinedentity,themeaning,,theresidueofpastexperiences,withlanguageandtextsinlifesituations.’(Rosenblatt,1986:348)Injustifyingitscase,…Arteducationprogrammesshouldtrytofosterthegrowthofartisticintelligence…Arteducationprogrammesshouldhelpstudentslearnhowtocreatesatisfyingvisualimages…Arteducationprogrammesshouldhelpstudentsrecognizewhatispersonal,distinctiveandevenuniqueaboutthemselvesandtheirwork…Eisner2003‘Arteducationprogrammesshouldmakespecialeffortstoenablestudentstosecureaestheticformsofexperienceineverydaylife…’42–44‘upationwiththequalityoftheformleadstoaneglectofmattersofintention…Workintheartsispurposive,an