ESH330 Lecture 10: Week 10- Safety, Risk, Creativity and Hope
11 Oct 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Safe%Space
Physical%considerations…
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Clearing*furniture
1.
Look*at*the*floor!
2.
What’s*on*their*feet?
3.
Light,*sound,*temperature*
4.
Making%it%safe%to%learn%and%connect…
Gentle*transitions
5.
Trigger*imagination*PLUS*trust
6.
Are*you*launching*straight*into*high-focus*activity?**Scaffold*carefully.
7.
Watch*your*language*–words*matter!
8.
Drama*and*dance*education*already*provide*the*safe*and*fair*rules*of*social*
engagement.
Safe%from%discrimination%and%expressions%of%intolerance…
9.
Don’t*berate*or*judge.
10.
Try*addressing*within*the*imaginary*context*itself
11.
Ask*them*what*they*think*the*character/communicator*is*trying*to*do*–
motivation/intention/consequence
12.
Keep*the*focus*on*choices*within*the*serious*work*of*play
13.
Safe*for*you…
Laughter*not*necessarily*insolence*or*response*to*ineptness
14.
No*need*to*berate*or*judge
15.
Deflect*within*in*action*itself
16.
Cut*activity*and*ask*for*advice:**“what*might*make*my*role*more*believable?”* *
“how*might*my*moves*communicate*my*idea*better?”
17.
Again*-keep*the*focus*on*choices*within*the*serious*work*of*a*co-player*
(you!)
18.
Risk%and%Creativity
Risk
---An*essential*part*of*creative*engagement
---Creating*something*that*has*not*previously*been*done/enacted/performed*
before*(“there*is*no*ONE*way”)*is*risky
---No*authentic*learning*without*capacity*to*fail…that*means*risk!!
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Risking%Creativity?!?
---Life*too*cushy???
---Overly*“safe”*=*loss*of*discovery*and*authentic*play
---“Teaching*to*the*test”*erodes*dimensions*of*creativity*and*risk*to*flourish*
and*guide*a*child’s*learning.
Hope
Arts%Education%with%its%mix%of…
---Creativity*and*discipline
---Learning*IN*and*THROUGH
---Symbolic*communication*systems*spanning*across*real*and*imaginary*
contexts
---Safe*processes*and*frameworks*for*taking*risks*in*learning*(seeing*or*
expressing*the*world*differently)…
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Finds%and%instils%HOPE…
---That*life/the*world*is*not*static*or*single-focused
---That*there*are*multiple*kinds*of*experiences*and*perspectives*
---That*things*and*people*are*open*to*change
REFERENCES
---Hunter,*M.*(2008).*Cultivating*the*art*of*safe*space,*Research*in*Drama*
Education:*Journal*of*Applied*Theatre*and*Performance,*13(1),*5-21.
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O’Toole,*J.*(2012).**Art,*creativity*and*motivation.**In*Sinclair,*C.,*Jeanneret,*
N.,*&*O’Toole,*J.*(Eds.)*,*Education*in*the*Arts*(2nd ed.)*(pp.*7-14).*South*
Melbourne:*Oxford*University*Press.*
---O'Toole,*J.*&*Dunn,*J.*(2002).**Issues*of*class*management.*In*O’Toole,*J.*&*
Dunn,*J., Pretending*to*learn*(pp.*29-32).*Melbourne:*Pearson*Rigby.
---Wrigley,*T.,*Lingard,*B.,*&*Thomson,*P.*(2012).*Pedagogies*of*
transformation:**Keeping*hope*alive*in*troubled*times.*Critical* Studies*in*
Education,*53(1),*95-108.*
Week$10-Safety,$Risk,$Creativity$and$Hope
Friday,*21*September* 2018
11:17*am
Document Summary
Drama and dance education already provide the safe and fair rules of social engagement. Ask them what they think the character/communicator is trying to do motivation/intention/consequence. Keep the focus on choices within the serious work of play. Laughter not necessarily insolence or response to ineptness. Cut activity and ask for advice: what might make my role more believable? . How might my moves communicate my idea better? . Again - keep the focus on choices within the serious work of a co-player (you!) --creating something that has not previously been done/enacted/performed before ( there is no one way ) is risky. --no authentic learning without capacity to fail that means risk! --overly safe = loss of discovery and authentic play. -- teaching to the test erodes dimensions of creativity and risk to flourish and guide a child"s learning. --symbolic communication systems spanning across real and imaginary contexts.
