ART INTEGRATED LEARNING WORKSHOP | 09.01.2023

‘Art has the power to transform, illuminate, educate, inspire and motivate.’ To encourage the students in their creative pursuits and provide exposure to different skills, Art Integrated Learning Workshop was conducted for the teachers of St. John’s School on Monday, January9, 2023. The session was conducted by a very knowledgeable resource person, Dr. Abha Arora, Director Maple Bear Canadia Preschool, Noida-141. She explained Art Integrated Learning as a teaching-learning model based on learning ‘through the arts’ and ‘with the arts’. The workshop commenced with ice breaking activity in which the teachers enjoyed dancing with different steps.The host discussed about the fundamentals of merging art concepts with content of different subjects that provides an engaging experiential learning to the students aiming towards the development of a child, from intellectual to creative and socio emotional aspects of their personality. The speaker also discussed about various teaching strategies which included storytelling, comic strips, word building, clay modelling and different kinds of art and craft. The teachers participated in all the activities with great enthusiasm and enjoyed learning about various strategies of incorporating the Art integrated learning in the curriculum. It was an endeavour to empower the educators and enrich them with the effective pedagogical techniques for a better teaching and learning experience.