Learning through the arts is now accepted
for mainstream education, but the arts for individuals with disabilities
are still seen within the scope of therapy and the need to provide a remedy
for dysfunctions. However, to meet the needs for individuals with social
cognitive deficits, art education provides a large amount of opportunities
and experiences to foster the necessary communication and creative thinking
skills.
The arts may provide many unexplored possibilities, steering
away from traditional views of providing structured learning environments.
Although these traditional structured learning environments have often
been successful in teaching basic skills, they seldom allowed individuals
to explore more creative learning and thinking skills.
Furthermore, the arts provide opportunities e.g. normalized
experiences, the opportunity to develop communication in an alternative
mode of language of nonverbal images but also foster self-help skills
and functional skills. The arts not only aids them in empowerment but
also interpret the messages of the arts, their feelings and emotions and
will thus give them the skills necessary to live enriched lives which
is necessary to address issues such as quality of life. Furthermore because
of the tangible nature of the visual arts materials can be used for advocacy
forms such as reproduction of cards, posters etc.
All rights reserved by Esther Joosa – 2005
Faculty Bio:
Esther Joosa
Esther Joosa is originally from Holland. She is a mainstream educator
who puts an emphasis in her work on integration and inclusion of those
who lack the ability to meet the mainstream requirements. She has taught
art classes for young people in Singapore since 1990 and has worked with
children with Down syndrome since 1996.
She has specially designed this visual arts program for the Down Syndrome
Association Singapore based on her experiences in the mainstream and with
children with special needs. The focus of her program is on normalized
activities/materials and how everyday opportunities can become learning
experiences. She is trained in mediated learning and holds a Bachelors
and Masters degree in Early Childhood Education from QUT, Brisbane. With
a focus on special needs and her research component in the Master in Education
on “A Child with Down syndrome in the family: Singapore Mothers’
perspectives”, she has further focused on inclusion of parents in
the education process.
Her company “The Creative World of Esther Joosa” is aimed
at delivering recreational and educational art programs, mediated learning
through the arts and art consultancy. From 1998 to 2004 she has brought
visual art programs into a large number of primary schools in Singapore
under the Art Education Program of the National Arts Council. At present
she focuses on consultancy and teacher training, although she still provides
workshops and short-term programs. As a professional she is engaged by
several teacher training institutes as an associate lecturer with a main
focus on visual arts, special needs and study skills.
She puts great emphasis on volunteer work to reach out to the community
at large and especially in the area on delivering programs in community
organizations for children with diverse learning needs as well as individuals
who are deprived because of external circumstances.
Registration Form - Please use separate registration form for each participant
“The Art of Communication “
April 23rd, 2005 – 01.00pm to 4.30pm
Venue: Conference Hall, Level 2, Graha Simatupang Tower II, Blok A&D,
Jalan Jen.T.B. Simatupang Kav 38 Jakarta 12450 Tel: (021)782-7980, Fax:
(021)782-8906
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* Powerpoint Presentation in 2 languages: Bahasa & English
* Question & Answer in Bahasa Indonesia possible TOTAL
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