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“Loved how David
incorporated other knowledge
and learning into making art,
i.e. using paper to make a
compass to draw perfect
circles; using mathematics to
calculate the measurements
of a pyramid without the use
of rulers or calculators. These
are little practical tricks that
will intrigue learners and we
can easily bring them back
into our classrooms.”
“I learnt a lot from
David – how to design a
lesson with both fun and
meaningful elements.
The way he introduced
EOA is very engaging
and students could
understand and apply
them to their own art
making. This should be
the way we carry out our
lessons!”
Susan
Lilian
“A practical treasure
chest of takeaways
for use in the
classroom!”
Liling
Wendy
“Scaffolding of
learning activities
to allow the difficult
task of visualisation
from 2D to 3D. There
is no one fixed way
to exploration but
multiple possibilities to
sol ving a problem.”
Sharon
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“I really like David’s way of
addressing gaps especially
when it comes to exploring
different mediums. His method
of scaffolding questions and/
processes in his lessons
is something very much
appreciated.”
“Simple and
approachable
strategies to
guide students in
the explorative
and experimental
processes.”
Charmaine
“It’s all about abstraction! We
start with something and went
on to remove all traces of reality...
We pick out the elements -- be
it colour, form or just patterns
and try simplifying. The exercise
of abstracting and getting
our fellow teachers to guess
what each of us have drawn
exemplified the use of inquiry
skills in teaching abstraction.”
Choy Yoke
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