If you are still wondering, you may be asking the wrong question. "No, you don't 'teach' that!" - this, as I have personally experienced in an educational setting; "how do we encourage the sharing of personal stories?" is the real lesson here.
As a MAC at OJC we are blessed with the time to build trusting relationships with our learners. This helps to form a strong foundation for facilitating meaningful conversations. Bear in mind, though, that the types of exchange that foster a healthy, inclusive culture don't always have to be verbal. And that in itself is a step in acknowledging the types of learners there are.
[Re-]introducing a concept such as The Cultural Iceberg is a good reminder of how much of us we really don't see and probably don't think about. There are some great resources from Round Square with videos to get you started. However, it is still difficult for youngsters to fill in the gaps and give succinct names to these concepts like values and beliefs. After all, they are mostly abstract and can appear to be assumptions.
In a nutshell:
This socio-relational project consists of two major actions: share, make, and share.
- Share: Each learner to tell or show a video of a fable they remember from their childhood;
- Share: Discuss what a fable is? And how is it different to other types of story, say, a fairytale?
- Share: Visually present a storyboard and identify a significant scene from the fable;
- Make: Translate the significant scene to a diorama and enable its background, mid-ground, and fore-ground;
- Make: Add movable elements for interactivity;
- Share: Participate in group work;
- Share: Gallery walk.
So the moral of the story is that a lot of deeply rooted values are passed down and disguised in the form of a fable. An enjoyable way of being indoctrinated..
True story.
Some fables are more widespread than others. It is always fun to connect with people from different backgrounds and share common experiences and beliefs. A more interesting aspect also emerged during the project, and I had to really engage in the discussion to get my head around how and why it was considered a virtue with stories such as this one...
Yes, because from my set of values I had thought the moral should have had been this...
Yet anyhow.. we all had a laugh. And that brought us closer together.
Can we make it for the exhibition on Saturday? #illustrator #laserprinting #led #ArtsEd pic.twitter.com/gyfgHvkzGd— Sylvie Huang (@ArtelierH3) October 31, 2019
This story box presented the well-known Aesop's fable The Boy Who Cried Wolf. Given the short project timeframe, a team of students focussed on the painterly finesse while another team developed the lasercut perspex with the LED lighting. This work was selected to be on show in the Auckland Middle Schools Art Exhibition, 2019. Well done to the learners!Proud to know our #GeekyHipsters have the skills and confidence to draw, design, and execute a #laserprint #led light box #painting .. part of #AMSAA exhibition at Silo6! #illustrator #artsed #artyhutsler pic.twitter.com/pUfgOa3RYo— Sylvie Huang (@ArtelierH3) November 5, 2019
[The Lightbox in action: https://youtu.be/NCBIj2owfoA]
