Creative Engagement: Handwork as Follow-Up Work

Autor/in	Lebitz, Ellen
Titel	Creative Engagement: Handwork as Follow-Up Work
Quelle	In: NAMTA Journal, 42 (2017) 2, S.121-137 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1522-9734
Schlagwörter	Handicrafts; Montessori Method; Creativity; Experiential Learning; Elementary School Students; Educational Benefits; Program Implementation; Teamwork; Teaching Methods; Trust (Psychology); Personal Autonomy; Student Developed Materials; Teacher Expectations of Students; Creative Activities + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Handwerk; Montessori pedagogics; Montessori-Pädagogik; Kreativität; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Bildungsertrag; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Individuelle Autonomie
Abstract	"To a great extent, we all must "do" in order to learn." Ellen Lebitz begins with this overarching truth as a lead-in to a close look at handwork in the elementary environment. She explains the benefits of handwork for the second-plane child, including it being a key to helping "even the most distracted children find focus and interest." She gives concrete examples of handwork (mostly as follow-up work) along with tips for implementation, including maintaining a clean-up routine and having materials organized and available. She addresses teamwork in handwork, issues of scale, and poses handwork as a grounding route to abstraction. Supported by invaluable tools for the teacher to use, her enthusiasm and experience with this work shines through as encouragement to be prepared and, most importantly, to trust in the child: "It would be so easy to just assume that we know what the best follow-up is, but the children need to be free to figure out themselves what they are interested in and on what they want to work. Once we make a particular project an expectation, then we are taking away the 'spontaneous' part of the spontaneous activity in education. We have to make peace with the idea that some follow-up will be not as we expect, will fizzle out, but, sometimes, will exceed our wildest expectations. All of this is part of the process; we have to let go of our 'favorite' projects and let the children be free." [This talk was presented at the NAMTA conference titled "Finding the Hook: Montessori Strategies to Support Concentration," October 6-9, 2016, in Columbia, MD.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01