This is the second program in the creative learning initiative,
which is based on the principle that a creative approach to all
learning is vital for a child's development.
The impulse for any creative expression is stimulation, inspiration
and motivation. When the children stimulate their own minds with
sensory input discovered during this program (drawn from the world's
symphony of rhythms and sound) their memory will become a bank of
inspirational content. This memory bank will grow as they do, and
will trigger their imagination and dreams in developing original
ideas for musical composition and other creative expressions.
This program is divided into three Modules.
Module 1 is dedicated
to the individual child's discovery of sound and music, thereby
building their confidence in musical expression and the CREATIVE
PEDAGOGY.
In Module 2, the children
do the same exercises as they did in Module 1 but this time in
small groups. This reinforces their musical expression, creative
learning and articulation skills. They also learn to listen to
each other so that their final composition is an expression of
the entire group.
In Module 3 the class
works together as a group, ultimately working with the other schools
in the project to perform one musical composition.
Modules 1 and 2 aim to facilitate creative learning, music and
group skills over the first 6 weeks of the program. Teachers and
children will learn the technical skills of recording sounds using
a mini-disk, and editing compositions on a Media workstation using
audio editing software called Sound Forge. Through these Modules,
the children can also add recorded sounds and edited compositions
to the project site archive.
Module 3 will focus on developing a collaborative composition with
all the schools in the project over the latter 6 weeks of the project.
This composition will be based on an adaptation of an Irish story
"The Children of Lir", and is planned to be broadcast on radio,
TV, and the web.
The teachers' role in the program is:
to direct the music program in class according to the spirit
in which it was designed
to help the children maximise their concentration and involvement
in individual exercises
to reinforce the creative learning process in each exercise
to attend web casts three times during the duration of the program
with the class in order to collaborate with other schools on group
compositions
The CREATIVE PEDAGOGY
describes the background and outline structure for foundational
creative learning with children.
