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A M U LT I M E D I A U N I V E R S I T Y, FA C U LT Y O F C R E AT I V E M U LT I M E D I A , 6 3 0 0 0 C Y B E R J AYA , M A L AY S I A

B U N I V E R S I T Y O F S O U T H A L A B A M A , C O L L E G E O F A RT S A N D S C I E N C E S , M O B I L E , A L A B A M A , 3 6 6 8 8 ,

U N I T E D S TAT E S

LET OUR CHILDREN SPEAK WITH HEART:

BEYOND-GRADES AND BEYOND-SCHOOL

http://artsedu.org/

I would imitate cartoon characters but I do not know how to do it correctly. My parents knew I have the passion for drawing so they send me to some art classes. These are the classes where I learnt to draw and to paint, apart from school lessons. Unfortunately, at the end of all the classes, they were never judged as a good drawing because it was always graded as Bs and sometimes Cs by the art teachers. Since young, I always perceived B as moderation – a judgment of how well I can draw, what more to think of a C. As much as I wanted and tried to get an A for my drawing, it was still B that I have received. With the constant discouragement, I have replaced my interest with photography because it would always produce realistic visuals.

THOSE WERE THE DAYS…

THOSE WERE THE DAYS…

THOSE WERE THE DAYS…

NOW IS THE DAYS

GRADED ARTS AT SCHOOL

GRADED ARTS AT SCHOOL

GRADED ARTS BEYOND SCHOOL

WHAT SHOULD IT BE?

INSPIRATION: MARY THORNYCROFT

uptake both the role of a professional sculpture artist also mother to four artists through home-schooling (McCracken, 1996)

ENCOURAGEMENT AT ANYTIME, ANYWHERE

INFORMAL TEACHING APPROACH: ARTS SYNTEGRATION

The study took place at home adapting concept from syntegration arts by integrating arts with life practical skills (Russell-Bowie, 2009).

Life practical skills

spontaneous

RESEARCH DESIGN: REFLEXIVITY

This paper adopts the reflexivity method because it depicts a self-desired act in the pursue of this research study which took place at Ling’s home in Malaysia (Medved et. al., p, 109.

Reflexivity exists as moments in time—biographical and historical—as well as in the inexorable currents of personal and theoretical reflection. Every day we socially construct and embody forms of knowledge just as we socially construct and embody our own identities as scholars, teachers, sisters, mothers, aunts, daughters, and friends.

Medved :p.111

1ST CREATIVE EXPRESSION

1ST CREATIVE EXPRESSION

1ST CREATIVE EXPRESSION

FROM THE PAPER…

• The natural home-based setting could often tell much more original behaviour and thinking of a child as compared with most observational settings that were carried out at schools in the controlled situation that often limits the children action based on the researchers’ direct instruction (Druin et. al., 1998).

• The home-based study could also unleash a child’s thinking through arts integration through the daily life experience (Baxter, 2012).

• Hsieh (2012) observed that after-school children who were given a comfortable learning environment can indeed express themselves well because of the authority over the choice of their subject.

• What further interest Ling to partake in this research method was the informal arts education at home can bond relationship among the mother and children (Shenker, 1990).

SELF- INITIATIVE:CREATIVE WORK BY SAMUEL

From abstract to concrete

SELF- INITIATIVE: CREATIVE WORK BY DANIEL

From concrete to creativity

From creativity to

innovation

CONCLUSION

LET OUR CHILDREN SPEAK WITH HEART

Let the children continue to imagine, create a fantastic journey, and daydream. Let them frame it within their context. Actively encourage the children to speak through the language of art from their heart. This will produce a generation that can think creatively and innovatively.

Beyond-Grades And Beyond-School