Thanks for the introduction
Posted by Lindsay Jagodowski on Sunday, April 3, 2011
The following post is transferred from a prior journal entry : February 2011
We were assigned to read "The Arts, New Literacies, and Multimodality" By Peggy Albers and Jerome C. Harste and while doing this reading I was introduced to Maxine Greene. Described by the authors as a 'well known philosopher of education' Greene had my attention immediately. I thought 'I LOVE PHILOSOPHY!' and I love education as well, so this person should have some really interesting insights ... I think this is a good spot for a quote-able quote from Greene, as used by the authors of this assigned reading.
"Education is a process of enabling a person to become different, breaking with the taken-for-granted, what is normal and natural, and looking through the lenses of various ways of knowing, seeing, and feeling in a conscious endeavor to change perspective on the world. Aesthetics education, then, is not a frill but an intentional undertaking that can enable learners to notice the noticeable, become appreciative and reflective, and understand the role of the arts in making life meaningful ... can move learners to find a sense of self so that they may break through the density of everydayness, passivity, and boredom, and awaken to the multi-colored and multi-dimensional world (Greene 2001) (Albers p.9)"
I think this is one of the most eloquent way I have heard someone state the importance of art education. I can think of no greater reason to be an educator than to help our students "find a sense of self". This article answered the question I had before classes began, "are the arts a literacy?". Without a doubt they are their own literacy as well as interlocked with the other forms of literacy. The expression of the self is inherent in the understanding of others and therefore in being literate of the world around you. I believe this makes Albers point in the conclusion of this article all the more poignant:
"New literacies studies is more than just identifying the potential of new technologies to communicate multimedia messages, it is also social responsibility and critical reading of the daily messages... (Albers p.18)"
We were assigned to read "The Arts, New Literacies, and Multimodality" By Peggy Albers and Jerome C. Harste and while doing this reading I was introduced to Maxine Greene. Described by the authors as a 'well known philosopher of education' Greene had my attention immediately. I thought 'I LOVE PHILOSOPHY!' and I love education as well, so this person should have some really interesting insights ... I think this is a good spot for a quote-able quote from Greene, as used by the authors of this assigned reading.
"Education is a process of enabling a person to become different, breaking with the taken-for-granted, what is normal and natural, and looking through the lenses of various ways of knowing, seeing, and feeling in a conscious endeavor to change perspective on the world. Aesthetics education, then, is not a frill but an intentional undertaking that can enable learners to notice the noticeable, become appreciative and reflective, and understand the role of the arts in making life meaningful ... can move learners to find a sense of self so that they may break through the density of everydayness, passivity, and boredom, and awaken to the multi-colored and multi-dimensional world (Greene 2001) (Albers p.9)"
I think this is one of the most eloquent way I have heard someone state the importance of art education. I can think of no greater reason to be an educator than to help our students "find a sense of self". This article answered the question I had before classes began, "are the arts a literacy?". Without a doubt they are their own literacy as well as interlocked with the other forms of literacy. The expression of the self is inherent in the understanding of others and therefore in being literate of the world around you. I believe this makes Albers point in the conclusion of this article all the more poignant:
"New literacies studies is more than just identifying the potential of new technologies to communicate multimedia messages, it is also social responsibility and critical reading of the daily messages... (Albers p.18)"
