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Our Creative Journey

By Jody Vaughan

Email; jodyvaughan@gmail.com

Methodology

Phase One – Choosing to

change

Phase Two – Action plan / planning to

change

Phase Three - Creating

change

Phase Four – Sharing the lessons of

your change

Phase Five - Where to

next?

Phase One

Choosing to change

The story behind the project...

Research Goal

‘cultivate in young children an appreciation for their artistic creativity’

• Malaguzzi (as cited in Sharp, 2004, p. 8) describes

“that interaction with adults, plays a large role in fostering children’s artistic creativity”.

• Brownlee (1991) says that if children are not given the right empowerment or encouragement this can stunt their creative development and steer them away from being artistically creative.

Research Question

‘how can teachers’ foster young children’s artistic creativity?’

‘how do teachers’ views impact on children’s creativity?’

Action Plan / Planning to Change

The where, who and how...

• Research Setting…

• Participants…

• Data Collection method…

Phase Two

Phase Two

Action Plan / Planning to Change • Data

• Analysis

• Where to from here...?

Phase Three

Creating change

Exploring

different

mediums and

textures

Planning Mind

Map

Art and Creativity

13.5.2013

Art Gallery

wall

Trip to the

Auckland Art

Gallery

Colour mixing

Art from different

cultures and

around the world

Looking at classic

artists – Van Gogh

& Monet

Variety of

style

Exploring colours,

shade, light

Experimentation of

brush strokes for

different effects

Phase Three

Creating Change

Implementation of new arts based curriculum

Step One – The Background

Step Two – Clouds, Stars and Moon

Step Three – The Tree

Step Four – The Hills

Step Five – The Town

Paintings on Display

Phase Four

Sharing the lessons of your change

The outcomes...

References

Brownlee, P. (1991). Magic Places. Auckland, New Zealand: New Zealand Playcentre Federation.

MacNaughton, G., Hughes, P. M. (2008). Doing Action Research in Early Childhood Studies : A Step-by-step Guide. [Adobe Digital Editions version]. Retrieved from http://www.eblib.com.au.

Sharp, C. (2004). Developing young children’s creativity: what can we learn from research, Topic, 32, 5-12

Wright, S. (2003). The arts, young children, and learning. Boston, M.A., United States of America: Pearson Education.