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Learning About Learning


Full concentration (c) Helen Barry

Full concentration (c) Helen Barry

Context

Dominican Primary School (DPS) is a DEIS (Dep. of Education and Skills) co-educational primary school. The Junior Infants class consists of 18 students, 12 of those are learning English as an additional language (EAL). DEIS schools address and prioritize the educational needs of children and young people from disadvantaged communities. DPS is concerned with the education of the whole person. It aims to provide opportunities for each child to reach his or her full potential, by exposing them to a wide variety of opportunities that develops and develops their overall growth and self-esteem.
The artist Helen Barry is based in the school through DLRCC’s DLR Primary Arts that supports a long-term artist in residence programme of 24 contact hours over a 4to 5 month period. This has been extended through the Artist at Work residency programme in DLR Lexicon Library where the Helen is currently based. Within walking distance from the school and this offers a further 14 contact hours in the school and in DLR Lexicon’s Project Room.

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Helen Barry

Artist(s)

Helen Barry

Joanna McCallig

Teacher(s)

Joanna McCallig


Artforms

Visual Arts

School Level

Primary

School/
Participant Group

Dominican Primary School


No. Participants

18


Region

Dublin County

Age/Class

4-6 years old / Junior Infants


Dates

November 2014 -


Weblinks


Leading Agency

Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Arts Office


Key themes/ lines of enquiry

Exploring how children learn through the creative interplay of pedagogical tools used in the classroom and identifying and creating new ones.

Introducing children to an array of traditional and non-traditional art materials and techniques as they explore who they are and the world around them.

Channeling the energy, observations and ideas into creating a piece of work together


Curriculum Strands

Using an approach similar to Aistear: the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework to explore creativity that link with many strands of the curriculum.


Research or relevant publications

Aistear: the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework (NCCA)



I believe that the teaching methodology and application in the classroom runs parallel to the work and process that happens in the artists’ studio. I am learning about learning, how we learn and what we learn.

Helen Barry, Artist

Very focused (c) Helen BarryVery focused (c) Helen Barry

How to construct (c) Helen BarryHow to construct (c) Helen Barry

Cut & Drawing (c) Helen BarryCut & Drawing (c) Helen Barry

Drawing wall (c) Helen BarryDrawing wall (c) Helen Barry

Sticking (c) Helen BarrySticking (c) Helen Barry

Measuring (c) Helen BarryMeasuring (c) Helen Barry




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