flourish presentation for csea 2012
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An Arts-Based Investigation
of Creativity and Happiness in
Teaching
CSEA Fear No Art! Conference, Edmonton, AB. October, 2012. 1
Dr. Willow Brown, UNBC Charity Brown, M.Ed. (U of A)
~F
lourish~
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~Hello and WelcomeWillow [email protected] Educator
- Researcher in School Improvement &
Instructional Leadership, UNBC
- Aspiring a/r/tographer
Charity Brown [email protected]
(guest appearance, Lukas Fianta-Brown, aged 3 weeks)
-Artist, Grade 6 teacher at McKee (on leave)
- recent M.Ed. gradVisual Art Education, U of A
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~What does it mean to flourish?
~People who are flourishing havethings they love to do and things they
know they are good at (engagement,accomplishment). They have fulfilling
relationships. Their lives have purpose
and meaning. Those who flourish feel
happy frequently (positive emotion) andthey will tell you that they are, overall,
pleased with themselves, with others, and
with life.
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~Create a Vision
If we, as teachers,
were truly
flourishing, whatwould be different?
~For ourselves?
~For our students?~For our families?
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~Positive Psychology Asks
~How many teachers are
flourishing? How many aremerely surviving?
~Under what conditionsdoes flourishing increase?
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~Would we flourish or would we behappier if we had more money, better
administrators, more supportivespouses, students who are well-cared
for and well-prepared for what we
need to teach them?
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~Positive psychology findings tellus probably notbut even if the
answer were yes, what should we dountil we then? Why not take control
instead of waiting for the white knight
of happiness to charge into our lives?
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~ Our Purpose for Inquiry
~Learn to take chargeof our own well-being;
learn about happiness and
how we can create more of
it in our own lives. Thenshare that knowledge with
teachers and students.
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~Catalyst Literature
~Martin Seligmans book, Flourish: A Visionary newUnderstanding of Happiness and Well-being
~sane, sage, groundbreaking advice to help you plan
your way to a joyful and fulfilling life
~PERMAframework - Components of human well-
being includepositive emotion, engagement,
relationships, meaning, andaccomplishment.
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~Catalyst Literature
~ 100 of the worlds leading positivepsychologists from 50 countries share what their
research has taught them about happiness.
Summarized in a few words:
~Thinkpositivelyandbeproactive.
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Keys~Think less about sad things, and more
about happy things; spend more time doing
things you enjoy. Seek beauty. Allow
yourself to feel.
~Cherish the people who are important to
you.~Engage your skills; happiness begins with
your own unique history and abilities.
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More Keys
~Believe in your own efforts; trust that you candetermine outcomes. (Conquer the fear!)
~Enjoy what you have; reframe perceived failures
in terms of successes.~Become a happiness detective, always observing
your own feeling tone and nurturing the good
times.
~Seek and anticipate support. Make
contributions. Build community.
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Method: Arts-Based Research
~Process1. review content texts (literature)
2. make sense of them through visual
expression and journaling
3. Analyze your images and insights
4. Share findings
(Barone & Eisner, 1997)
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Rationale for Choice of Method:
~happiness is a subjective construct, suited
to personal exploration
~creating images contributes, in itself, to 3of 5 components of happiness
engagement, meaning, accomplishment
~artistic expression, shared in community,may enhance abilities to create happiness
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~Invitation to Join Us
~Express happiness using your
own unique strengths, talents,
and ideas.
~Listen to and look for intuitive
understandings
~ Review and reflect to find newmeaning.
~Share!
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Our Skills, Talents, Ideas
Willow~line
~calligraphy
~Goal: create
flourishing
figures (an
alternative to
STICK DEATH)
Charity~form
~sculpture
~Goal: to explore
how teachers find
comfort in
personal and
shared experiences
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~What Weve Learned...
Charity: Flourishing, like the
making of art , is an ongoing
process. It doesnt just happenbut requires effort. Its a daily
discipline of appreciating the
small joys.
See more thoughts
@JoyfulTiny on Twitter
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FEAR NO ART
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Y I i i J i hi I i P H I h i i i h d l ? (Ch h d d di ) 2 LiY I i i J i hi I i P H I h i i i h d l ? (Ch h d d di ) 2 Li
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~What Weve Learned...
Willow: Well-being comes with
Choice and Voice:
1. In discipline, there is freedom.
(Without accomplishment,choices are limited.)
2. Learn to be your authentic
self! (Self-knowledge and self-
expression are keys to life
satisfaction.)
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Your Invitation to Join this Inquiry Process: How can I express happiness using my own unique strengths and talents? (Choose a method and a medium.) 2. ListeYour Invitation to Join this Inquiry Process: How can I express happiness using my own unique strengths and talents? (Choose a method and a medium.) 2. Liste
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~Final Thought
Creativity contributes to positive
relationships with self and others, with
nature, and with the world. Thinkingabout and expressing beauty and
goodness in our own way increases
optimism, the feeling that the world is
a good place and we will flourish in it.
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~But Please, No Phony Sunshine...
Undeniably, life isbrimming with negatives: acute and
chronic disease, disability, sorrow, death, disaster, bleakfamily, social, economic and political conditionsan
uninterrupted flow of demands, from bearable to devastating.
Sometimes we languish there. However, we are resilient
beings: we are able to bounce back returning to where we
were beforebut also to bounce forward going beyond
where we were at first. The very overcoming of inordinate
demands is often a source of growth and new strength for
future hardships. Our strengths help us to bear up, to
overcome, and eventually to flourish again. DJWStrumpfer, South Africa
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~Thank-you!