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Three examples of the role of art for learning Art as “the hook.” The arts providing a context for learning. Arts for arts sake - Dual thinking.

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Setting up an imaginary community 1. Introducing the topic or theme 2. Mapping your imaginary world 3. Creating characters and the dramatic moment 4. Establishing the characters and the community To gain ideas and support students in making an informed decision.

Setting up an imaginary community 1. Introducing the topic or theme 2. Mapping your imaginary world 3. Creating characters and the dramatic 4. Establishing the characters and the community Drawing maps, freeze frames, modelling, artwork, designing a set, den making

Setting up an imaginary community 1. Introducing the topic or theme 2. Mapping your imaginary world 3. Creating characters and the dramatic moment 4. Establishing the characters and the community Using drama techniques to establish characters; ensuring connections are made to the developing story

Setting up an imaginary community 1. Introducing the topic or theme 2. Mapping your imaginary world 3. Creating characters and the dramatic moment 4. Establishing the characters and the community Establishing characters is key to students engagement and investment. You can use a combination of drama (e.g. hot-seating, thought tapping) arts (e.g. pictures, play dough) literacy and cross-curricular tasks to support this.

Imaginary Communities as an on-going tool for learning Framing key events within the community

Imaginary communities -Why Does it Work? Building on children’s knowledge.  Creating student led purpose for learning. Using improvisation and play to unlock the imagination Re-thinking the role of teacher and students

Dual thinking http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol20/iss2/art3/ Two distinct forms of thinking – intuition and reasoning Intuition can be characterised as kinetic and associative thinking Reasoning can be described as a more logical and linear mode of thinking Also termed fast and slow thinking Science has a systematic bias to the second sort of thinking Being good at intuition is often correlated with creativity

Why does it matter? Intuition produces ideas that are not only original but useful Good science requires a balance of these two systems A partnership with the arts is a way of developing and encouraging intuition Arts can boost adventurous learning and stimulate innovation Nobel Laureates are more likely to pursue artistic endeavours then are members of the Royal Society who in turn are more artistically engaged than the “average” scientist.