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MalcolmRoss:CultivatingtheArtsinEducationandTerapy
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FromthepedagogicalpointofviewIhavefoundthemodelparticularly
fruitfulinmappingouttheteacher’srolewithinthechild’screativeexperience,
asamakerandreceiverofart.Istressthewordwithinherebecausetheteacher’s
actingpurelyfromtheoutside,asinstructorandjudge,leavesthestudentun-
attendedanduncompanionedinthemostexactingmomentsofcreation.My
modelproposeshowsuchacomprehensivepracticemaybeachieved.
NurturingandChallenging
Temodelcomprisesfiveelements:Metal,Water,Wood,FireandEarth.
Eachelementisunderstoodasinfluentialwithinthecycleasawhole,eachis
adistinctiveforcefield.Temodelhasadoubledynamic.Initscyclicalcharac-
tereachphasefeedsandnourishesthephasethatfollows:soMetalfeedsWater,
WaterfeedsWood,WoodfeedFireandsoon.Butthenurturingpairsare
complementedbypairingsthatchallengeorresist:soMetalresistsWood,Wood
resistsEarth,EarthresistsWateretc.Tisdoubledynamicofnourishingand
controllingnotonlycharacterisestheartcreativeprocessitself,butcharacterises
acreativepedagogyinart:webothnurtureandchallengeourstudents.
TeElements
1.Metal
Tecreativecyclegoesthroughsixphasesbeforebeginningalloveragain.It
beginswiththeChineseelementMetal,whichisassociatedwithAutumn,and,
asIseeitmarksboththeendandthebeginningofthecreativeprocessinart.
Herewefindthecollectivewisdom,thetraditions,therepertoireofskillsand
conventionsthatdefineaculture.Noeducationintheartsispossiblewithout
Metalasitsbase.Ifthisphasemarksthebeginningitisalsotheend,astime
determineswhichworkswillbepreservedwithinthesecretgardenofculture
andcontributetothecontinuousprocessofitsadaptationandflourishing.Metal
isbothPhase1andPhase6ofthecycle.
2.Water
Winter—atimeforgatheringstrengthandnurturingtheseed.Itisthe
phaseinwhichtheartistappropriatesresourcesfromtheculturalrepertoire
—wemightsay,ineducationalterms,thephaseinwhichthechildfindsher
ownvoice,beginstodistinguishherowntastesandvalues,makesherownart
