Reflective Writing 3.13.10

We further reviewed the process for our action research projects. We gave an update of we are in the research process. I Identified my local problem to support my Hypothesis, Title , Means of collecting date for my project.

In the Teachers as Artists, we discussed the of staying in touch with who we are as artists. management of time is essential to the creative process. We asked ourselves what we would need to prepare for a performance. We reflected on what ignited our interest in the arts to begin with . I can remember as a child, my parents often played music through the home. Ond of my foundest memories is my mother singing to me while I bathed in the tub as a child. My mother recognized a gift in me to sing and would always have me perform the hits of the day before the neighbors. I had very found memories and a lot of positve feedback. My father was a physican who played piano and oboe in the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra so we of course began taking up private lessons.

Reflective Writing 3.13.10

Today I had any opportunity to review the action research that Courtney Bryant. It was an excellent presentation that pretty much sums up Daniel Pink's "A Whole Mind". We viewed some of the presentation of which made allowed her work to be presented in Arts Education publication. She shared the aspects of an action research project. She used all the elements in the her research project to include . The students worked on an Arts Animation Project. The research took about a month and one half. The students incorporated video and music. They used software including Garage Band that comes with the Mac computers at no extra charge. She used observation, interviews, examples of work afterschool tutorial to collect data. The student found a way to incoporate thier personalities into their work. The Findings were as follows:
Students showed an in improvement in interpersonal behavior. Students were engaged in giving and receive feedback, confirming meaning and acting as a guide,and participated as a guide.