Active Art: Understanding and Enjoying Art in the Classroom and Beyond - Barcelona
Available in: Florence, Rome, Barcelona, Nice, Amsterdam
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Course Description
The course takes a multidisciplinary approach to art and art psychology, introducing participants to different ways of understanding and teaching arts, dealing with the students’ creative process and taking the best of the positive impact of art-related activities on our wellbeing.
It is based on a broad understanding of art and creativity across the lifespan and will draw on work in several disciplinary areas such as neuropsychology, pedagogy and sociology, to consider creativity at different ages and in different contexts and specifically to consider the artistic phenomenon as a combination of perspectives and situations (artist, viewer, artwork).
By the end of the course teachers will learn how to combine art theory and practice in a productive way, to actively maintain students’ attention and motivation throughout the creative class and process, including: art production, art communication, preparing and visiting an art exhibition.
They will also be invited to improve their own creative attitude though a simple series of group and individual exercises that stimulate lateral thinking.
Participants will be involved in an active learning process, also focusing on personal experience and self-expression, combining cognitive and emotional elements to make the learning process easier and ensure long-lasting retention of the new knowledge.
Continue reading: Discover the learning outcomes and the tentative schedule of this course.
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Course categories: Arts and Wellbeing and School Innovation
Arts and Wellbeing: By practicing innovative techniques that involve art, psychology, and therapy, the participants in our courses of arts and wellbeing will develop their skills in self-expression and stress management. Thanks to creative activities, mindfulness and yoga, educators will learn how to be more relaxed at school and how to promote alternative forms of communication with their students.)
School Innovation: Both students’ needs and institutional demands nowadays change so quickly that is not always easy to keep up with the latest requirements. These courses provide school principals, managers, and teachers with new tools to face an ever-changing society. Our training courses about project management, entrepreneurship, team building, and mentoring will help you make the most of new trends in school administration. You also have the chance to get familiar with the most interesting educational systems in Europe, such as the German VET system, the Finnish school system, or the Italian preschool education. Finally, you can also explore innovative methodologies to foster a more creative and inclusive school environment.
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Upcoming sessions
- 19.06.2023 > 24.06.2023
- 17.07.2023 > 22.07.2023
- 21.08.2023 > 26.08.2023
- 18.09.2023 > 23.09.2023
- 16.10.2023 > 21.10.2023
- 20.11.2023 > 25.11.2023
- 18.12.2023 > 23.12.2023
- 15.01.2024 > 20.01.2024
- 19.02.2024 > 24.02.2024
- 18.03.2024 > 23.03.2024
- 15.04.2024 > 20.04.2024
- 20.05.2024 > 25.05.2024
- 17.06.2024 > 22.06.2024
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The course was about "Active Art: Understanding and Enjoying Art in the Classroom and Beyond" We try to learn how to • Make use of art and psychology of art theory and practice in a productive way; • Understand and consider different ways of interpreting and teaching creatively; • Actively maintain students’ attention and motivation throughout a creative class and learning process; • Improve creative attitude and stimulate lateral thinking through group and individual exercises. I would like to be the course, more interactive. We have to do individual practical activities, but we never talk enough about them. Τhere was no coherence and connection between the theory taught and the practice or the feedback in every action.
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The course takes a multidisciplinary approach to art and art psychology. It is based on a broad understanding of art and creativity across the lifespan and will draw on work in several disciplinary areas such as neuropsychology, pedagogy, and sociology, to consider creativity at different ages and in different contexts and specifically to consider the artistic phenomenon as a combination of perspectives and situations (artist, viewer, artwork). The course provides us tools to combine theory and practice, as well as ways to actively maintain students’ attention and motivation throughout the creative class and process. In addition, we be familiarized with museum education by visiting an art exhibition and learning in an active way how to use art in the educational process In my opinion, the course provider must improve the interaction between members and teamwork attempting to reinforce partners to gain new knowledge, opinions, and ideas from each other.
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The course was very interesting as a topic. I would have preferred though, a different structure. I would prefer more theoritical background combined with group discussion. The instuctor presented us some feedback, but we had no interaction with each other to deepen in the meaning of each topic. It was nice that we practical workshops, according to the theory presented, but then again we had no sort of interaction between the participants to explain why we did this or that or the symbolism of our products or their meaning. The sub-topics covered from the Course were very interesting and innovative. I also liked the visiting of the museum and the activities we did there. The instructor was very kind and eager to answer questions or solve any problems. The main problem was that we didn't have the chance to interact with the partners of other countries and the course provider did not organise anything of that kind (e.g. a meeting in a restaurant prior to the start of the lessons or a place where we could all interact, exchange ideas and meet new people). The people of the office of Europass were also very kind and welcoming. All in all, we had a great time in Barcelona, but the presmises of the course provider were not so spacious, so as to have space for a coffee during our break.The course could have been designed more carefully and could have been better organised.
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I heard, I learned and I saw interesting things, that I can apply in the classroom.
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