The visual arts invite children to explore their world in multi-sensorial ways and to communicate their understandings and thoughts, using various media. As educators, the support you provide in removing barriers to participation for children with disabilities or developmental differences, significantly impacts the success and richness of children’s experiences in visual art.
In this webinar, we will:
Examine inclusion and the visual arts through both pedagogical/theoretical and practical lenses.
Explore the inclusive benefits of visual arts, how our values and perceptions impact our work, and the educator role.
Reflect on practice including how we can expose all children to artworks and artists, plan for rich media exploration, make adaptations to remove barriers and meet individual needs and
Listen to one preschool’s journey of inclusive visual arts practice enrichment.
This workshop aligns with the National Quality Standard:
QA 1: Educational Program and Practice
QA 3: Physical Environment
QA 5: Relationships with children
QA 6: Collaborative partnerships with families and communities
N.B. This professional development activity can be used towards teacher identified hours. Teachers need to record this activity in their NESA logbook.
