ADVOCACY

PHILOSOPHY: My first ever 'talk to parents' was in 1984 and it was about this very idea - visual literacy and the wider benefits of studying in the subject. As a new teacher, that talk formed the foundation of my philosophy and the first expression of a passionate advocacy. It was before reading Eisner's Creation of Mind, but highly infuenced by the magnificent teaching of Lindsay Boughton. I say, we can't stop until VA is a compulsory subject.

The Importance of Reflection for Student Learning

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/12/what-meaningful-reflection-on-student-work-can-do-for-learning/ Thanks Vic Morley

Androgyny and Creativity

Research: 

Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-tmqCqJd28&ab_channel=BHL-Self-HelpBookRecommendation 

The Psychology of Discovery and Invention by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

http://www.brainpickings.org/2014/11/07/psychological-androginy-creativity-csikszentmihalyi/

Deep Learning

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/10/report-finds-deeper-learning-model-improves-outcomes-for-all-students/

An exciting discovery

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/819527322/philosoprops-a-unified-field-guide?goback=.gde_1636727_member_269819320#!
PHILOSOPROPS: A UNIFIED FIELD GUIDE

Dr Patricia Leavy: Method Meets Art

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=e7H6SejkvuEC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

David Williamson on the Demise of Creative Arts in our Universities and Education sector in general

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bigideas/2013-03-05/4478030

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Broadcast: Tuesday 5 March 2013 8:05PM

Australian playwright David Williamson says that short-sighted assault by both sides of the political divide threatens creative arts education in Australia. His 2012 National Tertiary Education Union lecture reflects on his own career, traverses what is happening to the creative arts within higher education in Australia and puts the case for greater funding and institutional support.

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  The future of creative arts education in Australian universities

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  Funding cuts threaten creative arts education in Australia.
  

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  Top Shelf: David Williamson

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  Playwright David Williamson selects the dramatic works that have influenced his writing.
  

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