Education Arts Experience, What insight did you gain from this experience that you can share with young children?

Education Arts Experience, What insight did you gain from this experience that you can share with young children?

Discovery Paper-Arts Experience

A key task of the early childhood teacher is to expand the background knowledge of their young students. Teaching the Arts is more than teaching children simple songs, providing art materials, dancing/moving to children’s music, and providing dramatic play props. An integral part of an art program also includes providing children with (1) exposure to the art of other children and adults, (2) opportunities to gain an appreciation of art, music, drama, and dance in ways that reflect cultural diversity, and (3) opportunities to learn new concepts and vocabulary related to art, music, drama, and dance.

In order to help expand the background knowledge of children, the teacher must first have a broad background of knowledge, understanding, and experience. The purpose of this paper is to provide you with an opportunity as an adult to explore the Arts and expand your own background knowledge. You will need to choose one art event to attend. It must be pre-approved by your professor. The intent is for you to write a discovery paper about the arts event that you attend during the enrollment period in this course. You are welcome to post Arts events that you are aware of on the BS-ECE Students Facebook page to share with your classmates.

Think about how you will use knowledge and understanding from this experience to inform your own teaching practices. The discovery paper is not a research paper. Instead, it will capture your thoughts and ideas about how you plan to develop classroom practices that will provide children with “real art” experiences. You will need to describe the experience and your response to the experience. You must also address the 3 key questions in your paper.

Guiding Questions for Writing Your Discovery Paper

1. What insight did you gain from this experience that you can share with young children?

2. Drawing form this experience, how do you think exposure to the world of the Arts can affect student learning?

3. How will you use this knowledge and understanding to develop classroom experiences that incorporate the Arts?

Each discovery paper is worth 100 points.

The paper must be:

APA format

2 to 3 pages long

Double-spaced

Typed using Arial or Times New Roman Font, size 12 font, 1 inch margins top, bottom and sides